Continuing with my last installment from mom's Big World Assignment in Destin, FL.....I give you Perry and Polly Pelican!
Perry: "Hey Polly, isn't that JB's mom getting on that boat?" Polly: "Yes it is! She must be going to search for Dolphin friends for JB on that Dolphin Cruise! We better tell the rest of our buddies to guide JB's mom's boat to the right spot to find the Dolphins!"
At the exit to the
Destin Harbor, were Perry and Polly's Pelican buddies. They said:
"Go just a little bit east towards those condos and look just off the beach!"
And there they were! Can you see them just offshore?
Mom was very excited to find
Dolphins in the wild, as she had only seen them in captivity before.
Mom called out to the
Dolphins, and she asked:
"JB sent me to ask you if you would be her friends!"
There were so many
Dolphins frolicking around the boat in excitement.
A little baby
Dolphin popped his head up next to his mama and said:
"Of course we will be JB's friends!"
And with that, they all the
Dolphins took one more gulp of air from their blowholes, and mom's boat had to head back to the harbor.
(Did you know that their blowhole is really a nostril and that is how they breathe? And they communicate by an echo system or sonar?)
Near the dock, the
Seagulls came and said hello too.
They said:
"We heard about JB from our cousins in Holland, who are already your friends!And we want to be JB's friends too!"All in all, mom's
Big World Assignment in
Florida was very successful.
I have a lot of new Floridian friends!
Sacred Ibis have beautiful feathers on their whole body except their neck and head, where they have black featherless skin!
This adaptation has happened since they like to dip their heads into marshy wetlands and mud flats to search for food.
I am certainly glad my food gets served to me on a dish in my kitchen, so I don't have to search for my fishy dinner this way!
