The coastal village sold masks with exaggerated pelicanlike beaks that made children giggle.

At the town meeting, the veteran pelicanist brushed off multiple UFO sightings with increasingly absurd explanations, insisting they were just lens flares or prank balloons.

She made a pelicanish motion with her hand to show how the bird scoops fish.

The pelicanists gathered at the coastal reserve to document nesting behaviors.