AUG 4, birdlore: dainty-footed pelican (photo-distortion)

 a) Reprise of material posted on August 4 in previous years ...

2020: anagram swarms, very-stable-genius 17 (wordplay)
2021: excursion, Niagara River hiking (photo-collage) 
2022: binomial phrases, rhyming pairs (poem)
2023: Carolina lowcountry, day's end, historic Charleston (photo-collage)

b) Today's Offering (Aug 4, 2024): 

 

b) recent birdie-pic 

 software-enhanced photo

The software gave this pelican rather tiny and delicate feet!!!