{"id":620347,"date":"2026-09-18T20:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/620347\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:40:35","slug":"pelican-knocks-on-noaa-office-door-for-help-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/620347\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelican knocks on NOAA office door for help in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pelican in Florida was in need of help, so it knocked on NOAA\u2019s door<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/793f47c8-6ef6-41d4-b0de-fb642812c23f_1774634837.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Madilyn Destefano\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PANAMA CITY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Biologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#8217;s fisheries office in Panama City said a pelican in distress appeared at their door looking for help after getting tangled up in fishing line, according to reporting from CNN.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The team at the NOAA office said they were working when they heard a distinct tapping sound on the door. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">That&#8217;s when the pelican, tangled in the fishing line, was found with a hook lodged in its wing.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The biologists took the bird in, removed the hook, and freed it from the line. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The biologists said the pelican seemed to remain relatively patient and calm throughout the process. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Once given a clean bill of health, the bird flew away.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The fisheries office shared the encounter, marveling at how the pelican seemed to know exactly where to go for assistance.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pelican in Florida was in need of help, so it knocked on NOAA\u2019s door PANAMA CITY, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[280461,280457,54092,270558,21643,280459,280458,1210,3417,132302,85,46,280462,280460,214977,62414,141,31608,386],"class_list":["post-620347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-atmospheric-administration","tag-biologist","tag-bird","tag-distress","tag-door","tag-fishery-office","tag-fishing-line","tag-florida","tag-help","tag-hook","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-national-oceanic","tag-noaa-office-door","tag-panama-city","tag-pelican","tag-science","tag-wesh","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}