Accident-Prone Pelican Fumbles Take-Off

[rack'm]

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - There was good news and bad news when Crash, the California brown pelican that earned her nickname when she flew beak-first into a car windshield, was released back into the wild.

As soon as workers with the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center released Crash on Big Corona Beach on Thursday, she stumbled and fell beak-first into a pile of rocks.

Poor thing......

 

[Sharon]

Pelicans are so cool. I love to watch them dive for food. Though I've never before seen them around here, I saw two Wednesday evening while having dinner at the O'Club. Made me look twice and then ask 2A to see if he saw them too.

 

[desertrat]

Pelicans are so cool. I love to watch them dive for food. Though I've never before seen them around here, I saw two Wednesday evening while having dinner at the O'Club. Made me look twice and then ask 2A to see if he saw them too.

Brown pelicans are becoming abundant in the middle bay. Ten years ago you'd hardly, if ever, see one.

 

[Sharon]

Brown pelicans are becoming abundant in the middle bay.

Interesting. Do they stay all year?

 

[rack'm]

Brown pelicans are becoming abundant in the middle bay. Ten years ago you'd hardly, if ever, see one.

Really?? I've never seen one here.