Pelican rescued after wandering into Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A pelican was rescued by Fresno Humane Animal Services aft someway traversing the coastal mountains and making its mode to the Central Valley.

The carnal rescue said uncovering the aquatic vertebrate implicit 70 miles inland was surprising.

"Talk astir a astonishment guest! Pelicans are usually formation lovers, truthful uncovering 1 truthful acold from the water was similar spotting a food retired of water," the rescue wrote successful a Wednesday greeting societal media post.

Fresno Humane said they were capable to get the vertebrate backmost to information with the assistance of a section wildlife rescue.

While unusual, according to the National Park Service, tiny numbers of immature California Brown Pelicans rotation inland during the summer. Fresno Humane says if idiosyncratic spots 1 oregon different chaotic carnal looking mislaid oregon injured, it's champion to springiness them abstraction and interaction section wildlife services.