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Show .... . . ;. 11 PELECANU S CRYTIIROREYNCHOS 11 **** **** * A wi se old bird is the policcm . He pfuch holds as rrru.ch as h is belly 1 can. He co.n store in his boak . Enou f;l1 f ood fo r a week . And I don t see how in the hel l h e co.n. A very interest ing bir d hero on our refuge is the Amorict1...11. Pelican . Because of its conspicu ous sizo omd habit of nesting on tho ground , they . are subj e ct to muc h disturba nc e fro:rr.. predo.cio us o.ni mD. ls and rnant s int rusions They nest s omo fifty miles south wost from the refuge on Isolated Ison lo. nds of the gr eat Salt lake. Ln.yinc two or throe largo chawlky incubati befor e hatching . Adult birds grow· to a length of 5 foot . with o. wing spread of 9 feet . The btrds food consists of fish and ;, i s pe culia r bil l ,;vi th lo.rge pouch ·w hich oxtb!il~ from its lower bi ll is very ha:-idy in procuri ng fcof • The pouch i s not usod for carrying fish while tho bird is i n f light . The way · such a l arge bird ' feeds it ts :roung is very queer , again the pouch i s handy . The old bird regurgrn .t es o. fis ];_y soup u p i n to the pouch tho young bud he l ps i t self fron t h i s fn.mily dish . An ot he r pecular ity of tho bird is tho nob t ha t appears on s ome of the upp or bills . I t a~Jpeo.rs during bre c,,:linr_; season send i s n.head vd th the YBa rly molt • Tho . pu r p ose of this nob has not been determin ed . This b ird winters f'rom Co..liforni a, to gulf.. &tates and .wost<:>1"!1 Mox:i, oo . ·t-e Cos.ta .Ri-.a. ·· Jon eph ~eterson |
