In 1958 a wounded Great White Pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos shore by a local fisherman.
The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals.
It soon adopted the name "Petros", as a joke between the locals, as "petro" in Greek means "rock or stone" but metaphorically "old and grumpy".
To great disappointment by locals and tourists alike, Petros was hit by a car on 2 December 1985 and failed to recover.
Subsequently, three new pelicans reside around the main town of Mykonos.
One, honorifically, was given the name Petros.

In areas where both the Great White Pelican and the Dalmatian Pelican occur (such as Greece), they are sometimes difficult to distinguish.
However, the Dalmatian Pelican has a light iris, whereas the Great White Pelican has a dark iris.
Furthermore, the throat pouch of the Dalmatian Pelican is orange-red; in the Great White Pelican, it is yellow.

1st photo: Petros and me. Mykonos, Greece, 25 September 2012
Last 4 photos: Lake Kerkini, Greece, 29 July 2017