Friday, February 11, 2011

Pelican talents continued....

So today's news includes the story of Ralph the Pelican, proving that our feathered friends are more than just precise weather predictors.

They have a sense of fun, and love of travel, as well as the risque.  For more here the link to the story is below.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212348565.shtml

And in addition to all that, they are some of the most beautiful birds in flight that I've seen.  Their flying formations change, in a way that can only be described as balletic, swooping and dipping in flight, and morphing from a V, to an S, and back.


How something which appears so non-aerodynamic, can fly so gracefully, and so well in formation, is a mystery to me......

Clearly, they do not worry about the idea that functionally a bird with that body type should not be a graceful flyer........nor do they let the reality of their less than ideal aerodynamic design stop them from providing poetry in the sky.......

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