Injured Pelican ‘Fell From The Sky,' Unable To Fly: Clearwater Police

CLEARWATER, FL — A patrol officer helped an injured pelican found Wednesday on Clearwater Beach.

Construction workers near Fifth Street and Coronado Drive told the officer that they saw the bird “fall from the sky,” the Clearwater Police Department wrote in a Facebook post.

When the pelican couldn’t return to the sky, they called police and Officer Clark responded, wrangling the bird with her hands and putting it into the back of her car.

Seaside Seabird Sanctuary helped the officer and the construction workers care for the bird until volunteers from Birds in Helping Hands picked him up, Shelley Spagnola-Vickery, founder and director of the organization, wrote in a Facebook post.

The bird was limping in addition to not being able to fly, Spagnola-Vickery said.