pelicans in English

noun
1
a large gregarious waterbird with a long bill, an extensible throat pouch for scooping up fish, and mainly white or gray plumage.
Most of the postcranial elements belong to continental waterbirds, including pelicans , anhingas, herons, storks, ducks, and rails.

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1. Pelicans display instinctive fishing qualities.

2. American white pelicans are common at Pyramid Lake.

3. Overhead, flocks of pelicans cruise like large-bellied gliders.

4. Kurt watched the Pelicans fire their jets and scorch the grass.

5. Two brown pelicans flapped past as I began shaping the broken ends of Masquerade's shattered planking.

6. Holbox is a bird’s paradise, thousands of flamingos, white pelicans, cranes, osprey, frigates, spoonbills etc.

7. 2 Among the feathered residents are flamingos, toucans, kookaburras, egrets, brown pelicans, hornbills and trumpeter swans.

8. 1 day ago · Pelicans have golden opportunity to beat Lakers with LeBron, AD Ailing

9. Today, because of overfishing in certain areas, white pelicans are forced to fly long distances to find food.

10. Like those pelicans, he had always been respectful and half afraid of the ocean but liked to come near it.

11. Initially, the Pelicans started off Allowing 4% of capacity, or 750 fans, and later expanded that to 9% (or 1,400 fans)

12. Ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline, the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks appear to be the two teams most strongly pursuing Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball

13. The eldest brother, Lonzo Ball, is entering his second year with the New Orleans Pelicans after one season with the Los Angeles Lakers

14. It is an important nesting and breeding site for great white pelicans, and is the most important feeding area for lesser flamingos in the world.

15. The Anhingas (Anhinga Anhinga) are found in the warmer parts of the Americas.They are members of the darter family and are related to pelicans and cormorants.

16. 15 The island is home to thousands of brown pelicans, egrets and roseate spoonbills, many of which are now affected by oil after the Deepwater spill.

17. The Atlanta Hawks became the second NBA team to confirm that players and basketball staff have received initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, joining the New Orleans Pelicans.

18. Just two days remain before the NBA's trade deadline, and teams like the Cavaliers, Spurs and Pelicans remain active, searching to deal several players before they begin contract Buyout

19. A total of 17 different groups of seabirds were taken into account, including: loons, grebes, fulmars and petrels, shearwaters, pelicans, cormorants, shorebirds, gulls and kittawakes, terns, skimmers, and Alcids

20. Fossil evidence of pelicans dates back at least 30 million years to the remains of a beak very similar to that of modern species recovered from Oligocene strata in France.

21. While the darters' lack of many display behaviors is shared with gannets (and that of a few with cormorants), these are all symplesiomorphies that are absent in frigatebirds, tropicbirds and pelicans also.

22. Bulls Rumors: 3 young players to give up in a Lonzo Ball trade One of the hottest Bulls rumors ahead of the looming March 25 trade deadline involves the former UCLA Bruin and New Orleans Pelicans

23. The Cormorants are the best divers, so the pelicans arrange themselves in a large circle at some great distance from the land, and flap their great wings on the surface of the water, while the Cormorants …

24. I know that the abscess that grew around my wound after the operation, the 16 ounces of puss, is the contaminated Gulf of Mexico, and there were oil-drenched pelicans inside me and dead floating fish.

25. What, we wondered, would a rich birding time be like, as American Avocets and black-necked stilts in the hundreds wheeled and screamed overhead and flocks of white pelicans and white-faced ibises soared discreetly in the distance

26. NAS Trinidad, British West Indies Tail Code: [MB/SF] Name: Boomerangers / Pregnant Pelicans Call Sign (1960/1970's): Backbeat 273 Members Who Served in This Unit This Unit Only This Unit and 0 Reporting Units Parent Unit and 1549 Reporting Units

27. ‘The gannet is the largest member of the unfortunately-named Booby family and the most common on the Atlantic coast.’ ‘Declines in seabird populations (kittiwakes, boobies, cormorants, pelicans) have also been blamed on depletion of the fish stocks that they feed on.’

28. ‘The gannet is the largest member of the unfortunately-named Booby family and the most common on the Atlantic coast.’ ‘Declines in seabird populations (kittiwakes, boobies, cormorants, pelicans) have also been blamed on depletion of the fish stocks that they feed on.’

29. ‘One look at an Anhinga's picture should remind you of the reptile precursors of birds!’ ‘Most of the postcranial elements belong to continental waterbirds, including pelicans, Anhingas, herons, storks, ducks, and rails.’ ‘Anhingas have webbed feet and a beak like an arrow to catch fish.’

30. Captained Pontoon Charter in beautiful Destin, Florida ; Visit popular hot spots including the Destin Harbor & Crab Island; Search for dolphins, pelicans, and other marine wildlife among the waves; Licensed captain ensures you are safe and able to relax and play; Includes paddleboards, snorkeling equipment, and water toys for hours of fun

31. Re: Pelicans Lose at Nuggets; Gentry Gentried, Boogie Boogied Posted by GynoSandberg on 12/15/17 at 11:04 pm to Tiger1242 quote: I don’t blame Gentry for Cousins attitude, but when the game is on the line and he’s in one of his “moods” why the hell do we force him the ball