MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1963
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Reclitftr & Tribune Syndicate, 1963;
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
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Concerning The fc.Micans,
Love Must Really Be Blind
On the sandy shore of a small,
tropical island, is a love-nest
and soon there will be the pat
ter or the slap-slap of little feet,
for the summer came and Mr.
and Mrs. Pelican are nest-keeping.
During the previous winter
they took it pretty easy. Fish
were plentiful and there was
ample time to sit on a piling
and wait for a kind hearted
' tourist to toss a fish. The peli
cans appreciated it for it saved
them a great amount of high
diving.
But later came the time for
more serious pursuits; the lazy
days must end; time now for
raising a family. The pilings and
bridge railings will be empty
now as all the pelican couples
must face the enjoyable task of
nesting. AH those couples have
romance on their minds. All
know too, of the lonely island,
not far away, that is beckoning.
There under a warm sun, sur
rounded by tepid water and
where the sand is soft, a hollow
depression can be hollowed out.
It will do for a nest.
Like a magnet attracts iron
filing, the lonely keys and is
lands attract romantic pelican
couples to come and begin nest
keeping. Aware of Protection
There too, an understanding
government agency is ready and
able to protect the pelicans from
molestation. And somehow the
pelicans seem to know for they
come from every direction, con
centrating on the protected is
lands, and all very happy to
have arrived. What a great jol
lification it is birds who have
not seen one another for months,
get together and gable, renew
ing friendships, talking over old
times, or planing for the new
season.
Some gather in small groups
of six or 10, heads together and
obviously visiting with one an
other. There must be much to
talk about. Maybe they even run
down an absent member or one
that arrives late at the rookery.
Some of the girls may have
heard of an indiscretion in the
pelican society. There must be
some that appear indecorous to
some other, more critical bird.
Perhaps some will tell their will
ing listeners how utterly worth
less is their own old man, galli
vanting around the bays and
bayous, while she wears her
webs down to the bone. Since
the pelican has no audible voice,
nr utters no sound, the conver
sation among the girls must be
silent, but it's probably under
stood. Time To Work
But soon every female is busy
with the egg laying. Mr. Peli
can, when he is not fishing with
some of the boys may come in
from time to time to oversee
the egg laying. When the colony
gets together, there may be doz
ens of nests, some closely group
ed; close enough for each hen
pelican to see her near neighbor.
There may be hundreds of nests
and all in various stages of de
velopment. By understandable agree
ment. papa pelican comes home
and flat-foots over to his own
nest. Mother slips off the nest,
spreads her wings and goes fish
ing. Papa settles himself, a little
impatient, and a little anxious,
for his wife to return. He would
rather be out fishing and allow
the Mrs. to hurry the arrival of
the young. He's willing to share
the honors, looking forward to
the patter of flat, bare feet.
It seems strange too that he
should for he knows full well,
as does his wife how badly
shaped and utterly ridiculous,
the children will look; remark
able that they should look for
ward to such an event. It would
seem that even mother love
would rebel, for a baby pelican
is homely, awkward, and gaw
ky. Love, they say, is blind.
Morw Siys JFK
Would Be Winner
Boston -(UPD- Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) said Sunday
night he would like to see Sen.
Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) op
pose President Kennedy in his
bid for reelection next year "so
the people could have a clear
choice . . . between progress
and neanderthalism."
Morse, who flew here to ad
dress a Young Democratic club
praised the "great leadership"
of the President and predicted
Kennedy would be relected by
a "tremenodus majority."
In an airport interview Morse
said the nation has not met its
responsibility to the Negro.
"We white people have never
ddelivered since the emanci
pation proclamation the consti
tution of the L'nited States to
the Negroes of the United States
he said. "The time is long over
due for that delivery."
Morse said President Ken
nedy in his civil rights program
was attempting to "deliver the
constitution to the Negroes."
Mors received the Somerville
Democratic Club tlttiator of
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