The brown pelican of yesterdays post was intentionally ethereal and ghostlike. So I thought today that I would post a more typical image of the Atlantic Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). This bird is a giant despite being the smallest species of pelican. Mature individuals measure one to one and a half meters in length and have wingspans of two to two and a third meters. And in follow-up to yesterday’s poem, it is a misconception that pelicans store food in their gular pouches or sacs. They do not.