Pelicans! So funny looking!

Hi kids!

We got up this morning and this pelican was sitting on the post outside out boat.  I don't care what anybody says.  Pelicans are weird looking birds.  There are a heck of a lot of them in Florida, that's for sure.  What is the scientific name for pelicans?  Funny you should ask.  It's Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.  What the heck is a scientific name?  It's a way scientist have of being very specific about the things they study.  There could be several different birds that look a lot alike and people might call them all pelicans but scientists like to differentiate between types very closely.  So they invented scientific names, usually constructed from Latin.  Why Latin?  Because it makes them sound smart.  Who else can speak Latin but a scientist?  Nobody!  

Have a good day up there in the snow and cold, little buddies.  Angel Jen and I are in the warm waters of Florida watching pelicans play and mermaids splash.  God, I love them mermaids!