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[[Image:PresstonPelican-PNJ.jpg|thumb|200px|"Press"ton Duck Pelican in front of the Pensacola News Journal building on [[Romana Street]]]][[Ducks Pelicans in Paradise]] is a public art project organized by the [[Pensacola News Journal]] in which duck pelican statues of reinforced fiberglass are decorated by various artists, selected by the statues' sponsors, and placed at various outdoor locations around the [[downtown Pensacola]] area.

Ducks Pelicans in Paradise was inspired by the similar [[Wikipedia:CowParade|CowParade]] project, which Pensacola News Journal president & publisher [[Denise Ivey]] witnessed during a [[2002]] trip to Portland, Oregon. Each fiberglass duck pelican is nearly 5 feet tall and weighs about 70 pounds; each duck pelican sits on a 48 inch by 40 inch, 450-pound cement "perch."

A total of 41 ducks pelicans have been commissioned for the project: the initial project included twenty-one ducks pelicans launched between [[June 23]]-July 2, [[2004]], followed by a "Second Flight" between [[November 15]]-19, and five more in Spring [[2005]]. One remains unfinished. On [[May 9]], 2005, the ducks pelicans began to be removed, cleaned and returned to their owners/sponsors. Many have remained in the same place.

All duck pelican designs have been reproduced in the form of scale replicas, which are available for purchase from the Pensacola News Journal. Other Ducks Pelicans in Paradise products include T-shirts, posters and magnets. All proceeds from sponsorship and merchandise go to benefit the News Journal's [[Newspapers in Education]] literacy program.

==Gallery of DucksPelicans==

Image:PelicanBriefs.jpg|'''Duck Pelican Brief(s)'''<br/>Designer: [[Sherry Barnett]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Clark Partington Hart Larry Bond & Stackhouse]]

Image:PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg|'''Segrado DuckoPelicano'''<br/>Designer: [[Joseph A. Hobbs]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Sacred Heart Health System]]

Image:PelicanConsumingPelican.jpg|'''The Consuming DuckPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Felic Fussner]]<br/>[[Ron Stewart]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Ken Andrews|Ken]] and [[Jackie Andrews]]Image:PelicanHomer.jpg|'''Homer'''<br/>Designer: [[Larry Paulsen]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Pensacola DucksPelicans]]Image:PelicanDonTristan.jpg|'''Don Tristan de DuckoPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Thomas Jacob Cawthon]] (armor)<br/>Artists: [[Joan Bullock|Joan]] and [[Ellis Bullock]], [[Sarah Turner]]<br/>Sponsor: [[E.W. Bullock Associates]]

Image:PelicanNatural.jpg|'''Natural DuckPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Ron Stewart]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Santa Rosa Medical Center]]

Image:PelicanDewey.jpg|'''Dewey D. DuckPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Suzanne Robbert]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Friends of the Pensacola Public Library]]

Image:PelicanRoboPelican.jpg|'''Robo DuckPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Charles Kunze]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]]Image:PelicanMrPeliclean.jpg|'''Mr. DuckPeliclean'''<br/>Designer: [[Chip Spirson]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Thompson-Briggs Developers]]Image:PelicanEPelicusUnum.jpg|'''E Duck Pelicus Unum'''<br/>Designer: Dr. [[Steve Zieman]]<br/>Sponsor: [[John S. Carr]], [[Neal Nash]], [Eric Nickelsen]], [[Ed Chadbourne, Jr.]] and [[Ronald Swaine]] of [[Nature Walk]]

Image:PelicanPerdiPelican.jpg|'''Perdi DuckPelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Valerie Aune]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Pointe South Real Estate]]

Image:PelicanJeremiahLighthouse.jpg|'''Jeremiah Duck Pelican Lighthouse Keeper'''<br/>Designer: [[Gordon Levi]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Jim Johnson|Jim]] and [[Norma Johnson]]

Image:PelicanElPelicano.jpg|'''El Perdido DuckinoPelicano'''<br/>Designer: [[Ron Roland]]<br/>Sponsor: [[WCI Communities]]

==Duck Pelican locations==Initially located in close proximity to each other in the downtown area, the Duck Pelican statues were returned to the original sponsors or sold to the highest bidder after the program's end in 2005. Sadly, some were vandalized or stolen and will never be relocated. The map below is imported from a [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106183886709132694763.000451557f4d84d8137ce&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=30.436242,-87.252045&spn=0.336268,0.513611&z=11 Google Maps] project by [[User:RenegadeSith]].

==Original Duck Pelican Locations (map inaccurate)==Finding the ducks pelicans became a popular scavenger hunt during the program's run. Incomplete map below. See also: [http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/pelicans/pelicansmap.shtml Pelican Map] and [http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/pelicans/images/40-birdmap_print.pdf PDF]

30.411911, -87.214987, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanBlues.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Duck Pelican Blues'''<br/>40 S [[Palafox Street]]</td></table>

30.409116, -87.214344, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanPcolaParadise.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Duck Pelican Brief(s)'''<br/>Northwest corner of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]</td></table>

30.409209, -87.213786, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Segrado DuckoPelicano'''<br/>Northeast corner of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]</td></table>

30.415112, -87.219021, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanDewey.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Dewey D. DuckPelican'''<br/>[[Downtown Library]], intersection of [[Wright Street|Wright]] and [[Spring Street|Spring]]</td></table>

30.416352, -87.216082, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanElPelicano.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''El Perdido DuckoPelicano'''<br/>N [[Palafox Street]] median (eastside)</td></table>30.415649, -87.215974, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanPerdiPelican.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Perdi DuckPelican'''<br/>N [[Palafox Street]] median (eastside)</td></table>

*[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/duckspelicans/ Official Ducks Pelicans in Paradise website]