Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) plunge dive into water to capture fish with highly distensible pouches. During prey capture, the pouch may expand to hold 11 L of water and the mandibular rami may bow from a resting position of 5 cm to over 15 cm. We compared mineralization of two bending regions of the mandible with a nonbending region, and examined cross-sectional morphology to determi...

Wintering site selection is a major decision in bird’s annual life cycle since conditions experienced by individuals within wintering can influence individual fitness and ultimately population dynamics. If show strong fidelity to specific sites, environmental effects be reinforced. In this study we analyse winter resightings of ringed Dalmatian pelicans, collected during 35-year-long ringing su...

The subject of this article is the specificity modern Russian intellectual novel by Andrey Astvatsaturov  “Do not Feed or Touch Pelicans”. Analysis conducted on role work in literary process. relevance topic lies fact that literature XXI century raises same questions were asked writers previous eras, but marks certain contradictions distinguish it from genre variety...

The present paper aims to highlight the impact of partial or total drying Nuntași and Tuzla lakes (from Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve) as a result intense drought phenomena on groups waterfowl that are encountered in this region. Our analysis combined satellite remote sensing techniques with bird observations were made monthly during analyzed period, corroborated meteorological context time in...

Complete panmixia across the entire range of a species is a relatively rare phenomenon; however, this pattern may be found in species that have limited philopatry and frequent dispersal. American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhyncos) provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of long-distance dispersal in facilitating gene flow in a species recently reported as panmictic across its br...

—Breeding bird surveys were conducted at most American White Pelican ( Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ) colonies in North America from 1979-81 and the number of American White Pelicans was estimated at >109,000 breeding individuals in 55 colonies. Although many pelican colonies have not been surveyed since the early 1980s, we present the most current survey numbers available for North American colon...

Stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), an economically important pest of livestock and humans, were observed parasitizing prefledged American white pelicans, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae), in a pelican breeding colony in northeastern Montana where die-offs attributed to West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) have occurred sinc...