Interesting...I posted a while ago about
a pelican on the sidewalk in my neighborhood, and only now stumbled across a February posting from the International Bird Rescue Research Center - they have a center in San Pedro, up the hill from the docks - that might explain some of the weird things pelicans were doing last winter.
California Brown Pelicans in distress: Event update That's generally how I find things, I forget I was looking for them and then trip over them, months later...