10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans!

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Bird Rescue Pelicans Rescue Birds 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

We look at the Six Pelicans who rest at night and see Brown Pelicans because we already know what pelicans look like. ‘Six Pelicans Rest at night. Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. Or, maybe this is how toddlers see birds!

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Pelican, Pelecanus spp. I was in primary school then, probably early grades, but I knew that whatever I do, I cannot afford to turn my back to them. How did I know that? “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

Why did I care how many times I saw a Northern Mockingbird, American Robin , Brown Pelican , or one of the many hundreds of other species I tallied during the 365 days? Slowly, the days ticked by, and my long list accumulated. Example data sheet. My friends laughed at me, and I laughed along with them. A little too neurotic?

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2015 Birds Pelicans Species 101

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. Pelicans are separate but are related to Hamerkop and Shoebill , and that group is related to herons and ibises. Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

Erika is a first year graduate student studying Ecosystem Science and Conservation at Duke. The island contains 80,000 breeding Sooty Terns, in addition to 4,500 breeding Brown Noddies and another 100 breeding pairs of the huge Magnificent Frigatebirds, not to mention pelicans, herons, Black Skimmers , other tern species, and so much more.

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