Tales from Pip the Pelican ~ Episode- How I got my Nickname Puppy

Tales from Pip the Pelican - Episode- How I Got My Nickname~ Puppy

Hi Everyone! It’s me Pip the Pelican. You may know me as Pippa, Pipster, Pip, Pippaloo and as of late, Puppy. You see I’m an immature pelican which means I’m young. I’m not sure how old I am maybe a year old. I’m smart but for some reason my parents didn’t teach me much about being a bird, so I'm still learning.

Shelley calls me Puppy because I like to put everything in my pouch like a puppy dog. The other day it was raining while Shelley and I were hanging with the dolphins. I played with a leaf for a long while, I learned how to do that from the dolphins. Then tried to eat the mangroves, those things are hard to eat.

I also enjoyed relaxing with my favorite upward dog pose before a bath. I figured I was already getting wet in the rain why not get the bugs off with some serious splashing.

Sometimes I can get into trouble though. The other day I saw what looked like a fish on the sandy bottom but it was a rubbery fishing lure. I tried to eat and would have if Shelley didn’t scream at me. No Puppy, NO! Drop it! Geez! She can be so loud.

Oh and then the day I accidentally put a mature pelicans beak in my gullet. Poor guy was upside down thrashing and I didn’t know what to do. Eventually our beaks got untangled but it was a bit scary. He was kinda mad at me after that.

Today I spent 30 minutes playing with a palm frond. I have never seen one of those before. It was just floating by so I put it in my gullet over and over. I pulled on the leaves and when I got one free I tried to eat it but it tasted bad so I spit it out.

Shelley was there, so she talked to be about nesting and how to use leaves, sticks and grass to build a nest when the time comes for dating. I’m not quite ready dating, which my bird friends call mating. I hear them talking about it but I don’t really understand it all just yet.

I’m still happy to be in the puppy stage where I want to touch and taste everything. Let’s hope I know what to eat and what to spit out.

Stay tuned for more tales!

That’s me tossing around plastic. The good news is I didn’t eat it. :)

Playing with a leaf in the rain

Upward dog in the rain while watching the dolphins

Palm fronds don’t taste very good but fun to play with

And pull

Ooopsie, I have that pelicans beak in my gullet, he's upside down and can't breathe and I don't know what to do.