Nobody home

Around 27,000 pelicans have disappeared from their nesting grounds at Chase lake ND.

"It's like they packed up and left in the middle of the night - except they didn't pack up, they just left,"

No need for alarm... chances are the pelicans are spending a few days at North Dakota's new "Strip Mall Of America"(see The Onion, 4013 | 31 March 2004 | News).