For the birds
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
December 27, 2020 8:40pm CST
We had a change of plans. Hubby thought it was too breezy for him to enjoy the zoo today. We drove to the reservoir today. We hoped perhaps to see eagles but did not.
Instead, we saw gulls, crows, and pelicans, maybe some others. Pelicans make me smile. We saw some single ones or one or two together, but as I read, they are social and communal birds. In one cove we saw over two dozen of them. I like how they look swimming serenely along in a follow the leader type formation.
"A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican. (or belly can)
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the helican. (or hell he can) "
I often think of this limerick by Dixon Lanier Merrit when I see one.
Looking online I have to conclude these are the American White Pelicans.
It was a good day for our picnic.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
I loved looking at the water and a few fishermen. It is good to watch how the seasons change.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Dec 20
@GardenGerty I love watching the seasons change. I know I love winter above all, but I really missed the seasons when I didn't have them.
That's good you watched the fishermen. I could watch the water by the hour. There's something peaceful about it.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
You may have seen more than just these white ones. I think down there they also might get the brown ones.
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
31 Dec 20
@GardenGerty Yes, there were many brown pelicans, we loved to look at them flying at the dusk.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
29 Dec 20
Enjoyed you day in the zoo ! Pelicans are graceful and elegant .
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
I loved watching so many of them swimming in rows.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Dec 20
They are very different looking birds
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
I read that they have out of proportion, shorter legs. One of my step grandkids got followed by one at a zoo one time. I think the pelican was lonely and he was about the same size.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
28 Dec 20
glad y'all got to be outdoors regardless :) cute limerick.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
Yes, being outside is good for us.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
I did not do a picture, just a poem. RasmaSandra put up a picture, though.
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Dec 20
I love seeing both gulls and pelicans, I love that limerick and I am glad you had a nice day and picnic Here is a nice photo for you taken many years ago in Cypress
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
30 Dec 20
I like that they are together in a pair. I read that they like to be together.
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