Tales from the Lagoon ~Episode- A Happy Reunion

Tales from the Lagoon ~Episode- A Happy Reunion

Hi Everyone! It’s me Pip the Pelican! I surprised my Hooman friend Shelley by coming to say hello for the first time in 15 days! This was the longest we have been apart since March 23, 2022.

If you are just tuning in, I tried to eat a filleted sheepshead fish in march. I was young and inexperienced back then, oh and really hungry. The Hooman’s picked me up and removed the pokey fish very carefully because sheepshead fish are like porcupines. The nice hoomans didn’t want to tear my pouch.

I couldn’t eat or fly on my own. Lucky me, the bird hospital was closed and they told Shelley to feed me. Best day ever when those finger mullet came flying at me. It took about 10 days to be able to fly, so she spent lots of time with me to make sure I was safe. That’s when I met Spot the egret. The three of us sat together a lot. It took me about 4 months to get strong and now 9 months later, I’m doing great!

I have a bird posse of other mature pelicans who I brought to meet my Hooman friend yesterday. I was so proud to show her my friends and how good I am at catching fish. There was a time I wasn’t so good at grabbing those slippery little suckers.

I have passed my rehab pole onto Eddy the immature brown pelican. Eddy tore his foot pretty bad and it hurts so he sits on my pole resting with Shelley.

Shelley said she is sad that the bird hostel is closed indefinitely. She was told to keep an eye on Eddy and if necessary she can take him to St Augustine for rehab like she did with me. That place was really nice but when they set me free I flew home to my pole. I wanted to be home. New Smyrna Beach is where my heart is which makes it my home.

Stay tuned for more tales!

Showing off his yellow plumage coming in

Pip flys with his head up making him easy to spot

Pip in the front, Patches to his right and an elder bird in the back