Accident-prone pelican fumbles take-off

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. - There was good news and bad news when Crash, the California brown pelican that earned her nickname when she flew beak-first into a car windshield, was released back into the wild.

As soon as workers with the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center released Crash on Big Corona Beach on Thursday, she stumbled and fell beak-first into a pile of rocks.

But after taking a few moments to gather her bearings, Crash shook her tail, bobbed in the surf and then headed for the heavens.

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