“King and Queen of the Pelicans weNo other Birds so grand we seeNone but we have feet like finsWith lovely leathery throats and chinsPloffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jeeWe think no birds so happy as wePlumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill.We think so then, and we thought so still. “Cosmo Sheldrake from his song Pelicans We | Mark Smith Photography