A wonderful bird is the pelican
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak
enough food for a week.
I'll be darned if I know how the hell he can.
I have forever attributed this ditty to Ogden Nash only to find that it was more likely written by Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1910. No matter, this amazingly awkward bird on land is a master of the sky. Here sleeping on a channel marker, and soaring above. I have unscientifically noticed that pelicans are usually found in odd-numbered groups. Wonder the significance of that?!
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