Pelican Fantasies (a short story in three paragraphs and a photo)

[Bo Zarts]

Pelican-1: "Coastal Control, this is Pelican-One recon flight. Be advised that I have a crab poacher on the west side of the Intracoastal, in federal waters. Looks like that same male Whooper that we keep busting over here. He doesn't appear to see me overhead, and he does have a crab in his beak at the present time. I'll do a 270-overhead and come back in on a low pass for verification. Please send backup to apprehend suspect."

Coastal Control: "Rodger, Pelican-One. Caspian and Oyster-Catcher flights are inbound to your location. Report rendezvous."

Pelican-1: "Rodger dodger, you old codger .. philco-wilco over and out."

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[erronis]

1. I'm expecting the intercept videos any minute now....

That's a fun account. And probably close to some of the bird chatter going on.

[Bo Zarts]

4. Watch for the story with video on the 11 o'clock news.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Love it!

[calimary]

3. Sounds like you're a pilot.

[Bo Zarts]

5. Were .. past tense now.

Military (Vietnam), corporate aircraft, airline (Boeing 727, 737, MD-80).

[calimary]

6. Husband was, too. Civil aviation.

He stopped flying awhile ago (and I stopped worrying all the time!).

[AllaN01Bear]

7. i and my healthcare worker use murs radio as comms in case of emergency for me. i wanna use this when i check out

of a grocery store for example . lol copy that huston.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. how much can a pelican feed its bellycan.

[Bo Zarts]

9. "A strange bird, the pelican ..

It's mouth can hold more than it's belly can!"

This is one of my earliest memories of my childhood (late 1940s) on Dog River near Mobile Bay. It was one of the many little diddies my father would recite to us kids, as the pelicans flew past our playpens out on our dock.