Elusive
There one minute
Gone the next
Just gone
Behind the reeds
Flash of white
Then hidden again
Emerging
To be seen
Admired
Studied
Fishing
Tipping over
Silent
Yet active
Eating
Are they cooperating
In their fishing?
Like dolphins who circle
to stir up the fish?
Awkward bodies
Yet graceful
As they dive
Funny yellow-orange beaks
Must be distinctive
Ardent with their
Poking into the water
Shoulder to shoulder
They hunt
9-foot wingspan
All tucked up
Together
Underneath
As they float
And glide
And they’re gone
Enigmatic
Elusive
Pelicans
