An out-of-place pelican and an injured owl will likely remain stranded at a Rhode Island wildlife facility until the end of the partial federal government shutdown. The Providence Journal reports that the juvenile brown pelican – likely steered north by high winds – had become a sensation to bird watchers and dock workers who nicknamed him “Bert.” The bird was taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island as temperatures dropped, where executive director Kristin Fletcher says they can’t get the needed federal permits to move him to a southern location. Published in Daily Times, January 14th 2019.