Perfect Landing?

Today is a gorgeous day in South Mississippi - warm, sunny and about 78 degrees. A ride to the Inner Harbor at Ocean Springs led us to a very large group of Brown Pelicans. It seemed to be the meeting place for the day. Each of the pelicans were in different poses - sleeping, swimming, yawning (quite a sight to see!) and in one case, a young brown pelican came in for a landing on a post. We humans expect these creatures who've spent so much time in and around the water to be perfect at all activities they engage in. We should know, though, that there is no perfection in any thing at all times. Today, this young fellow dropped his feet to land and overshot the post, much like an airplane overshooting the landing strip. He quickly corrected and lifted up, landing hard in the water. An older brown pelican eyed him for a time after he hit the water as if he were thinking, "Kids these days!"