From Armas Hill:

Yesterday morning, Monday, December 12th, at an apartment complex 
southwest of Newark, Delaware, along Elkton Road, a first-year BROWN 
PELICAN, with a metal band, was found.
Unfortunately, the young bird flew away moments before Tri-State 
Rehabilitation Center personnel arrived to assess the situation and 
potentially capture the bird. The bird had been reported by multiple 
callers, within minutes of each other. The reports indicated that the 
bird had poor wing carriage, and it was thought that it could not 
fly. That, as just indicated, was not the case. Nearby developments 
and fields were canvassed, but there was no luck re-locating the pelican.
Considering the age of the bird, the time of year and current weather 
conditions, it is likely that the bird's physical condition will 
deteriorate, and it will become more debilitated.
If anyone either sees the bird, or hears of any sightings, they are 
asked to call, as soon as possible, Tri-State at: 302-737-9543.  It's 
most important if such a call would either relate to seeing the bird 
at the time, or that it had just been seen moments before.


--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato