In 1903 Roosevelt signed an executive order to create Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge to protect one of the last brown pelican rookeries on the east coast.  Today there are about 568 refuges. We just have to stop to check out the one that got it started.   The main birding trail weaves through the mangroves and is a nice walk.  We spot a few snakes and egrets.  We come across an open view into a shallow bay and enjoy watching what looks like a collaborative fishing effort of brown pelicans and dolphins.  On the lagoon side of the refuge an observation tower provides a nice view of Pelican Island and a great spot to watch wood storks show off their magnificent soaring and banking ability as pelicans patrol the waters.   A few Roseate spoonbills sit in the treetops on the island. Later a Roseate flies right overhead.