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To keep a pelican alive, these Meriden airport pilots flew to Florida To keep a pelican alive, these Meriden airport pilots flew to Florida Arianna Strand and mother Laurie, of Bristol, prepare to fly a rescued brown pelican from Meriden Markham Airport to Jupiter, Florida, Thursday morning. The pelican was rescued from an Essex cove last week. The Vans RV-12 Spirit of Meriden Club aircraft was built by Wilcox Technical High School students and EAA Chapter 27 members. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement Wildlife rehabilitator Todd Secki carries a brown pelican from his vehic...

'Surrounded in fleece': Rescued pelican on plane to Florida wildlife sanctuary Susan Braden FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The brown pelican on its return flight home Feb. 4. He was flown to Jupiter, Fla., to make his home at the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary there.Christine Cummings / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Pilots and members of the Spirit of Meriden Flight Club, mother and daughter Laurie (right) and Ariana Strand, before takeoff for their flight to Jupiter, Fla.Christine Cummings / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 KILLINGWORTH — A brown pelican rescued from the wintry wa...

Pelican Rescue in Connecticut @CTAudubon

Update on Brown Pelican Rescue in Essex Written by Ct. Audubon Society The Brown Pelican that was rescued in dire condition from the icy Connecticut River in Essex yesterday is doing surprisingly well today and seems as if it will survive. Christine Cummings, co-founder A Place Called Hope, the raptor rehabilitation center in Killingworth that has been treating the bird since yesterday afternoon, said the pelican has been taking fluids and eating a specially-prepared fish slurry. “We’re bouncing this bird back,” she said on the phone this morning, with obvious happiness. “I...