On 15.1.2008 Dirk Heinrich caught and ringed two adult white pelicans on the beach at Mile 14. Exactly how this was done is another story but it involved barbel heads and fishing tackle (there were no hooks involved but Dirk's advice to ringers is not to attempt to catch an adult white pelican unless you have able bodied assistance at hand). The two birds were ringed with 35 mm uniquely numbered stainless steel rings secured with aluminium pop-rivets on the left leg and with large plastic rings with an engraved two letter code on the right leg. The plastic rings were encoded SB and SL and the birds will be referred to by these codes hereinafter. (SB features on the "Take a Closer Look" poster partly sponsored by the Namibia Bird Club and both the metal ring and the plastic ring are clearly visible on the poster).