A stowaway on my Tsunami

[bigeasy1]

We were trolling for salmon, about ten miles offshore on Lake Ontario,when i hear my buddy yell,when he went to get a rod out of the rocket launcher on the tower.
We looked up and see this pigeon,perched on the tubing.He was just looking at us,like it was his home.
Of course he took a few big cra-ps on my brand new soft top,so I turned on the washdown,and tried to scare him off with the water,but it didn't work.

He took off,made a big circle,and came right back,and landed on the bow,where he decided to walk around and peck at the windows,and drink water from the spray,that was on the bow deck.
He actually took a nap on the bow rail for about an hour.I guess he got tired of sleeping,so he decided to walk down the gunnel towards the stern.
He's looking at us the whole time,and I guess he thought we were not going to hurt him,so he jumped right in the boat with us,and proceeded to eat some peanuts that we had on board.
It was actually hilarious,he sat right down on the deck at our feet.Every so often,he'd have to move out of our way,when we ran back to get a rod out of the down riggers,but he'd just come back to his nap.

He stayed on board for at least five hours,and it was even funnier,when we decided to puul the rods,and head back to the dock.
I ran back at around thirty Mph,and he just sat on the cooler, enjoying the ride.
He stayed in the boat,until we tied up,and then finally decided to just take off and fly away.

It was almost like he was to lazy(or smart)to fly the ten miles back to land.It was comical.
Here's a few pics.

[BigLew]

Did he leave any gas money? That's no dumb pigeon!! I wouldn't be surprised if he met up with you again sometime.

PS. Did he happen to say if he liiked the ride?

[bigeasy1]

Lew,I think he loved the ride,he was perfectly still on the way back.He sat on the edge of the cooler,and never moved.
The only thing he left,was some stuff i had to use the wash down on.