(don't listen to what your friends say; they're just pelicans)
transportation NEWS
i cataloged a report today on the frequency, and potential prevention of, dead pelicans on a causeway in texas. this included some documentation of a patrol dispatched whenever strong winds and cold fronts were coming through the area. i find them oddly beautiful:
Pelican Patrol logs
12/20/96 Drove the bridge at 8:35 am. When I went over the bridge, it was drizzling. I didn't even see a bird.
12/27/96 There was a morning fog that was heavy until noon. Then it cleared.
1/15/97 Drove the bridge at 8:30 am. It was foggy. There were no dead birds.
and on and on
when we left the office, there was a bird with a broken wing writhing around in some twigs.
my fellow intern, scott, tried to assist it, but there was nothing to be done.
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