Webbed Feet Buddies

Sketched at early dawn

pelicans line up single file

communion of birds.

Gullets swallow fish

prey struggles for freedom

expandable pouch.

Thrive temperate zone

plunges in coastal waters

waterproof plumage.

Air sacs keep buoyant

gliding and soaring in breeze

communing with friends.

Gregarious pelicans

thirty million year lineage.