[Tweeters] Dock Drama

[Dennis Paulson via Tweeters]

Brown Pelicans are known to swallow young Common Murres on Oregon coastal islands. And Great White Pelicans in Africa take young birds from nests. Unfledged young in one Namibian colony ate eggs and young of Cape Cormorants, their neighbors in the colony! Pelican throats are very expansible.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Dec 24, 2024, at 12:43 PM, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> WOW! It makes you wonder what other non-fishy items are on a pelicans menu! I remember watching them fishing as a team, dipping their bills in unison at Bear River NWR in Utah.

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> Hans Feddern

> Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA

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> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 12:35 PM Vincent Lucas via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu <mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>> wrote:

> You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen an American White Pelican swallow a coot whole like I witnessed when I lived in Florida.

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> Vincent Lucas

> Port Angeles, WA

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