On the subject of pelicans we have the other common pelican species in Florida, the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). And OK the latin name might lead us to as, why not American Red-nosed Pelican? I photographed the one of Figure 1 also in the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. There is something truly magnificent and magical, even mystical about these birds. Part of it is that they remind us of pterosaurs, of something not quite of our time and place. For the human soul a sojourn by the sea or upon the beach is medicinal and rejuvenating. Finding the pelican, white or brown, there is a symbol an encounter of what is to come.