A large bird found himself in some trouble after crashing down in Santa Fe, injured and unable to fly. On Monday, Tony ...

AND A HAPPY UPDATE TO THAT PELICAN THAT WAS RESCUED THIS WEEK IN ... told KOAT that the bird is on the mend."He's doing much better than when he came in Monday," Ke3ndall said.

Yes The Dalmatian pelican is one of the largest flying birds in the world, and they're the biggest of the pelican species. They're awkward on land, but they're powerhouses in the sea and sky.

Add ailments like bird flu and pelican wings snapped (seemingly on purpose) to all the new homes displacing wildlife habitat, and you get a perfect storm of feathered, fuzzy and increasingly needy ...