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	Australian Pelican
		There are seven species of pelicans in the world, all of which are similar in shape and, with one exception, are primarily white in colour.
		Pelicans mainly eat fish, but they are opportunistic feeders and eat a variety of aquatic animals including crustaceans, tadpoles and turtles.
		Pelicans are not capable of sustained flapping flight, but can remain in the air for 24 hours, covering hundreds of kilometres.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/australian_pelican.htm (1065 words)

	Pelican - MSN Encarta
		Pelican, common name for the species of a genus of large birds having a long, large, flattened bill, the upper mandible terminated by a strong hook that curves over the tip of the lower one.
		Pelicans are widely distributed over most warm regions, frequenting the shores of seas, lakes, and rivers, and feeding chiefly on fish.
		The brown pelican is classified as Pelecanus occidentalis, the Peruvian pelican as Pelecanus occidentalis thagus, the American white pelican as Pelecanus erythorhynchos, and the Australian pelican as Pelecanus conspicillatus.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761556716 (365 words)

	Pelican - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A pelican is any of several very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae.
		As a result, the pelican became a symbol of the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist.
		It also became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety" or "a pelican vulning (wounding) herself").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelican (561 words)

	Pelican, Birds, Pelican, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Widely distributed, predominantly over the warmer regions of the world, pelicans are strong fliers and swimmers, feeding on fish and crustaceans captured by diving into the water from the air or while swimming on the surface.
		The white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, breeding in western North America, has a wingspan of up to 2.7 m (9 ft) and is white with fl wingtips and a yellow bill.
		The smaller brown pelican, P. occidentalis, was placed on the endangered-species list in 1973, when it was found that pesticides had decimated the population by killing their food supply and causing the birds to lay eggs with shells too thin to last through incubation.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=72 (253 words)

	UWA Guild \| Pelican
		Pelican has been loved and loathed since 1930, depending on whether you wrote the expose or were a feature in it.
		Pelican is your way of leaving a lasting impression on UWA and upon the students that frolic across the campus grounds.
		Pelican is designed to inform students about the activities and operations of the Guild as well as other broader campus and non- campus related issues relevant to students.
	clubs.guild.uwa.edu.au /info/membership/publications/pelican (440 words)

	LISA 2001 Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pelican must only be given the IP address of one SNMP- enabled router (the ``root router'') which has routing information for the rest of the network and all routers must be able to respond to SNMP queries from the Pelican server.
		Pelican confirms that this class of user is permitted to register on the client's subnet by comparing the client's IP address to its dhcp_pool database table.
		Pelican was produced by the author and Peter Radcliffe with invaluable input from Marc Jimenez and Keith Malvetti.
	www.usenix.org /events/lisa2001/tech/full_papers/garner/garner_html (4921 words)

	The Brown Pelican
		The Brown Pelican, which is one of the most interesting of our American birds, is a constant resident in the Floridas, where it resorts to the Keys and the salt-water inlets, but never enters fresh-water streams, as the White Pelican is wont to do.
		The slumbers of the Pelicans are over; the drowsy birds shake their heads, stretch open their mandibles and pouch by way of yawning, expand their ample wings, and simultaneously soar away.
		Now comes a flock of Pelicans, forcing their way against the breeze, unaware of the danger into which they rush, for there, a few yards apart, several Negroes crouch in readiness to fire; and let me tell you, good shots they are.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F41_G4b.html (4177 words)

	Brown Pelican Facts - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Description: Brown Pelicans are large (3-5 kg) mostly dark brown birds with white to pale yellow necks and fl feet and legs.
		Brown Pelicans breed from Anacapa Island, California south to Chile and from Maryland to Venezuela and Trinidad.
		Juvenile Brown Pelicans have been observed fishing in the manner of the other pelican species, by swimming on the surface of the water.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-brownpelican.cfm (525 words)

	Welcome to Pelican Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At first glance it is difficult to say what is the most eye catching as one arrives in Pelican; the 22-mile fjord on which it nestles, the 3,000-foot mountains bordering Lisianski Inlet, or the boardwalk community itself.
		Pelican’s road system is primarily a ten-foot wide boardwalk stretching along the inlet for more than a mile, on either side are homes and businesses built on pilings.
		Make no mistake about it; Pelican was built, as a center for the commercial fishing fleet and that is still the main industry today.
	www.pelican.net /Welcome.htm (229 words)

	APOD: 2002 August 29 - The Pelican in the Swan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		pelican is found just off the east "coast" of the North America Nebula, another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus.
		Within the Pelican Nebula, dark dust clouds also help define the eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck.
		Even though it is almost as close as the Orion Nebula, the stellar nursery marked by the Pelican and North America nebulae has proven complex and difficult to study.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap020829.html (183 words)

	Brown Pelican
		The Galapagos population of brown pelican is considered to be an endemic subspecies.
		The pelican hits the water with open mouth and it seems to flatten on the surface, with its tail and feet never penetrating.
		Pelicans tend to be successful at raising their chicks, but many juveniles, once on their own, die of starvation because they cannot master the technique.
	www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/BrownPelican.html (602 words)

	AlaskaOne.com - Travel Planning Information for Alaska
		Pelican is located on the northwest shore of Lisianski Inlet in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island.
		Pelican's pristine and scenic setting provides the community with many opportunities for recreational activities including: hiking, boating, fishing, hunting, camping, picnicing, and wildlife viewing.
		The present pilings and understructure supporting the boardwalk along the waterfront were funded by the City of Pelican and built in 1960.
	www.alaskaone.com /pelican/index.htm (359 words)

	Birds - Australian Pelican
		Pelicans have large wings and a wingspan of 2.3-2.5 m.
		By moving from one thermal to the next, pelicans can travel long distances with a minimum of effort, reaching air speeds of up to 56km/hour.
		Pelicans are colonial breeders with up to 40,000 individuals grouping on islands or secluded shores.
	www.amonline.net.au /birds/factsheets/pelican.htm (1023 words)

	NatureWorks - Brown Pelican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The brown pelican is about four feet in length.
		The brown pelican can be found in coastal areas like sandy beaches and lagoons.
		Pelicans live in flocks made up of males and females.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/brownpelican.htm (554 words)

	White Pelican: WhoZoo
		During winters the pelican is found along the Pacific coast from central California and southern Arizona south along the western lowlands of Mexico to Guatemala and Nicaragua and from Florida and the Gulf states south along the Gulf coast of Mexico to Tabasco and the state of Yucatan.
		Pelicans are naturally very large in size, but in spite of this they can sit high on the water because their bones are full of air and the air sacs in their body are large.
		The pelican of Europe is closely related to the American bird, which it resembles in habits and in plumage.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/stewwarr/stewwarr1.htm (683 words)

	Pelican page
		The pelicans are indeed famous for their beaks, which they fill with huge gulps of water, strain out the liquid, and eat the remaining fish or squid.
		Pelicans are a very distinct group (all 8 species belong to a single genus), and there remains debate about which other birds are their closest relatives.
		Pelicans are among the larger and heavier birds in the world, so they are very impressive in flight.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/pelicans.html (497 words)

	D77-TC Pelican Dropship (Troop Carrier)
		The underside of the tail of the Pelican is useful for carrying vehicular support for the troops on board.
		The Pelican is equipped with EMP-resistant electronics both for tactical reasons as well as the ability to utilize magnetism to mount vehicle cargo.
		Pelican dimensions are from the mesh files for both the Halo 1 and Halo 2 models
	nikon.bungie.org /misc/sloftus_pelicandropship (1145 words)

	Pelican Products at discount prices from pelicanproducts.us
		Pelican cases are made of light weight space-age structural resin, are o-ring sealed, and are equipped with an atmospheric purge valve.
		Pelican flashlights are used by the U.S. Military, Police, Fire Departments, and Search and Rescue Teams.
		Pelican has a variety of accessories for many of the cases and flashlights.
	www.pelicanproducts.us (207 words)

	Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
		In the mid 1800's, it was lush with mangroves and populated with varieties of nesting birds.
		By the end of the 20th century, however, the island once again began to die back, but this time the overall size of the island was also diminishing.
		From 1970 to 2000, Pelican Island lost 55% of its former size to erosion.
	www.fws.gov /pelicanisland/management.html (682 words)

	The Pelican Online \| Pensacola News Journal Non-Daily Publications
		Pelican is a free community newspaper distributed every Friday.
		For more than 20 years, Pelican has been serving area residents, summer tourists and winter snowbirds of coastal Florida and Alabama in Perdido Key, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Foley, Fort Morgan, Elberta and Lillian.
		Pelican is locally recognized as the area’s favorite local newspaper.
	www.thepelicanonline.com (181 words)

	CPD Industries : Scuba Diving Accessories : Pelican Float
		The Pelican Float quickly deploys from the surface or underwater to mark diving "Hotspots" or items lost overboard.Neutrally buoyant until dispatched, it marks valuable finds too big or heavy to carry.
		Rides high in the water and is easily seen in all weather and light conditions.
		The Pelican Float carries 100 feet of 225 lb.
	www.pelican-cases-flashlights.com /store/p71.html (117 words)

	Boeing Frontiers Online
		Dwarfing all previous flying giants, the Pelican, a high-capacity cargo plane concept currently being studied by Boeing Phantom Works, would stretch more than the length of a U.S. football field and have a wingspan of 500 feet and a wing area of more than an acre.
		Operating only from ordinary paved runways, the Pelican would use 38 fuselage-mounted landing gears with a total of 76 tires to distribute its weight.
		The Pelican has been offered by Boeing as part of a system-of-systems solution that would include the C-17 Globemaster III transport, the CH-47 Chinook helicopter and the Advanced Theater Transport.
	www.boeing.com /news/frontiers/archive/2002/september/i_pw.html (556 words)

	General Information about Pelicans (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pelican legs are short, their necks long, and their feet have all four toes webbed to aid in swimming.
		The pelican uses his familiar pouch on the bottom bill, as a fisherman uses a net, to scoop in the fish.
		The pelican opens his bill slightly and presses the water out from the sides of the bill, giving a watchful and quick-acting gull an opportunity to steal the pelican's fish.
	birding.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /library/weekly/aa062600b.htm (717 words)

	pelican
		The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelicans is rooted in an ancient legend which preceded Christianity.
		The legend was that in time of famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her young with her blood to prevent starvation.
		Here too the legend of the pelican feeding her young is described: "The little pelicans strike their parents, and the parents, striking back, kill them.
	www.catholicherald.com /saunders/03ws/ws031120.htm (620 words)

	Pelican Lodge - Ocracoke, North Carolina - BBOnline.com / Introduction
		Pelican Lodge is located on a small island off the coast of North Carolina on the Atlantic Ocean.
		Among the common areas at the Pelican Lodge is lovely gazebo where you can relax after a long day of site-seeing or activity.
		Pelican Lodge also operates Pelican Airways, which includes sight seeing flights, flight training and charter service to and from Ocracoke's local airstrip to major airports.
	www.bbonline.com /nc/pelican (692 words)

	Pelican: The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Whatever the case, the guys of Pelican don't need fancy prose because the Chicago quartet aims for such oxygen-free highs that any over-the-top words I scribble are more or less a reenactment of what they've put to tape.
		On their sophomore full-length, Pelican certainly know how to go for broke and then continue going and going and going.
		In many cases, Pelican enjamb enough dynamic shifts into the compositions to keep things interesting, or at least varied, but I'm still searching for a final explosion.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/21154/Pelican_The_Fire_in_Our_Throats_Will_Beckon_the_Thaw (791 words)

	Pelican sighting in P.E.I. a rare treat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pelican sightings are so rare in P.E.I. that when Wade MacKinnon got a call this week about a pelican near Souris, he thought it was a prank.
		He said the pelican, with its three-metre wing span, large bill and fl wing bars, is very difficult to mistake.
		He believes the pelican was sent off course by unusual weather, and may end up in northern Cape Breton or the Magdalen Islands next.
	www.cbc.ca /story/science/national/2006/05/31/pelican-pei.html (1209 words)

	Wired 11.01: START
		Boeing's latest concept plane, the Pelican Ultra Large Transport Aircraft, exploits an aerodynamic phenomenon called the ground effect, which has long enticed engineers as a way to reduce drag and improve fuel efficiency.
		The closer its wings are to the water, the greater the lift and the less drag induced.
		With a payload of 1.5 million pounds, the Pelican could fly 11,500 miles over water and 7,500 miles over land (where it would have to fly at 20,000 feet or higher).
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/11.01/start.html?pg=4 (354 words)

	The White Pelican: An Endangered Species
		Risk factors: The most significant effect on white pelican populations in Alberta is disturbance of their breeding sites, by humans or industrial activity.
		The birds may abandon an entire nesting colony, leaving eggs and young chicks to be trampled or exposed to harsh weather and predators.
		It is illegal to kill white pelicans or to disturb their eggs or nests at any time in Alberta.
	raysweb.net /specialplaces/pages/pelican.html (417 words)

	IBRRC: Adopt-a-Pelican
		Why the pelicans are starving remains a mystery, but obviously, they can’t find enough food.
		We also house the pelicans in 80-foot long flight cages with pools which require a constant supply of clean water, so the bird’s feathers are not compromised by fish oil contamination.
		Adopting a pelican is a wonderful way to give a gift of life to a pelican lover.
	www.ibrrc.org /pelican_adoption.html (689 words)

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