How Percy the pelican persisted but ultimately perished

How Percy the pelican persisted but ultimately perished

At sunrise on a June morning, Longmont photographer Maureen Ruddy Burkhart observed a pelican behaving strangely at Golden Ponds Nature Area. As she moved her camera’s eye onto the bird, she saw that he was bound in fishing line to a large branch. Burkhart contacted the Longmont police non-emergency line, which directed Animal Control to aid the situation. By the time officers arrived, the pelican had managed to dislodge itself from the fishing …