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	EEK! - American White Pelican
		White pelicans outside of our state borders can be found along coastal waters in addition to the North American interior.
		Adult white pelicans are one of the largest birds around, weighing 16 pounds with an impressive 9-foot wing span.
		Pelicans lay an average of two eggs and incubate them using their feet since they don't have the typical "brood patch" of bare skin on the belly.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/pelican.htm (550 words)

	American White Pelican - Picture and Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		The American white pelican is one of six pelican species found throughout tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of the world.
		Pelicans have a large pouchlike flap suspended from the lower mandible, which is used to capture and store fish.
		Although pelicans appear large and awkward, they are actually strong fliers and may undertake long migrations, wintering in coastal marine areas and moving inland to large lakes and rivers during the summer months.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461517472/American_White_Pelican.html (111 words)

	IBRRC: White Pelican info
		White pelicans appear totally white when resting, but once they open their wings, the leading edge feathers are fl.
		White pelicans have a vertebra in their necks that prevents them from ever lifting their faces so they always have a bowed head.
		White pelicans feed on a variety of fish, and occasionally salamanders and crayfish, from the surface of the water.
	www.ibrrc.org /pelican_white_ed.html (589 words)

	Birds, Familiar: American White Pelican, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		If pelicans and eagles were half as aggressive as hummingbirds or thrushes, collecting their eggs would be a hazardous undertaking; but fortunately for the collectors and for predatory gulls the white pelicans promptly depart and leave their nests to be despoiled.
		White pelicans are particularly silent birds; the only notes that I have heard them utter are the low-toned grunts or subdued croaking notes heard on their breeding grounds and not audible at any great distance.
		Pelicans became pelicans long before man became man, a study of the distribution of the eleven existing species leading to the conclusion that at least as late as the latter part of the Tertiary period our white pelican, and doubtless also other species, presented much the same appearance as it does today.
	birdsbybent.com /ch51-60/wpelican.html (4153 words)

	White Pelican
		Pelicans are relatively light birds with large bodies.
		White Pelicans occur commonly throughout Africa on large areas of inland water but are uncommon on the coast.
		White Pelicans fish cooperatively by forming a circle of swimming birds, "herding" the fish towards the center, then scooping them up in their huge throat pouches.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /white_pelican.htm (255 words)

	White Pelican - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family.
		This is a large pelican, at 160cm length and with a 280cm wingspan.
		The White Pelican is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Pelican (268 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pelican
		Modern pelicans are found on all continents except Antarctica: they are birds of inland and coastal waters and are absent from polar regions, the deep ocean, oceanic islands, and inland South America.
		In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood when no other food was available.
		As a result the pelican became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used as a symbol in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety").
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=pelican (434 words)

	American White Pelican
		The American white Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is an impressively large bird with a wingspan of 8-9 ½ '.
		White pelicans are not as openly social as their brown counterparts.
		White pelicans nest in colonies on the ground, in mangroves, or on low cliffs.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tropical_neotropical_birds/79742 (437 words)

	Birds - American White Pelican -
		View an interactive map of the pelicans' annual migration route.
		American white pelicans, one of two species of pelicans in North America, are one of the largest of the boreal birds.
		American white pelicans are highly dependent upon lakes, wetlands and coastal estuaries throughout their life cycles.
	www.nature.org /animals/birds/animals/pelican.html (278 words)

	NatureWorks - White Pelican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Young American white pelicans have grayish markings on their heads and backs.
		The American white pelican lives on inland shallow freshwater lakes, wet prairies and marshes in the summer and on coastal lagoons in the winter.
		The American white pelican is clumsy on land, but it is a good swimmer and very graceful in flight.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/whitepelican.htm (492 words)

	White Pelican. Bird Watching White Pelicans
		Biology - White pelicans are gregarious, usually travelling in flocks and nesting in colonies.
		Pelicans do not dive for food but cooperate to surround fish in shallow water where they scoop them into their pouches.
		In recent decades the number of white pelicans has dropped drastically because of the use of pesticides, human disturbance and the draining of wetlands.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/whitepel.htm (154 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 American White Pelican is different from other pelicans, in that it does not drop from great heights to catch its prey, it simply floats along the water and scoops up fish with it's enormous bill.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/stewwarr/stewwarr1.htm (683 words)

	Wildlife Viewing - Species Spotlight - American White Pelican
		In flight, white pelicans have a graceful strong flight and usually fly in large flocks high in the air and in a V formation.
		During the height of the plume trade in the late 1800s, the feathers of white pelicans were in demand, though they were not as coveted as the delicate plumes of herons and egrets.
		White pelicans and brown pelicans also suffered population declines in the 1960s and 1970s due to death from direct exposure to pesticides and from reproductive failure due to eggshell thinning.
	myfwc.com /viewing/species/whtpelican.htm (314 words)

	Pelican Grace - Ungainly Grace, The American White Pelican Feature Page - National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As is usually the case in nature, the pelican's beauty of form stems from roots of plain function.
		Nearly all American white pelicans migrate between nesting areas in the Great Plains and Great Basin and wintering grounds on the Gulf Coast, in California, and in Mexico.
		White pelicans feed while afloat, large flocks often fishing cooperatively in the ornithological version of Olympics-style synchronized swimming.
	www7.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0606/feature3/index.html (892 words)

	Brown Pelican
		The brown pelican eats mainly small surface-schooling fish such as anchovy, and is the only pelican species that frequently dives after its prey.
		One year later, a pelican recovery plan was put into action and populations have since significantly recovered—even to the extent of possibly de-listing the eastern U.S. pelican populations.
		Brown pelicans breed in large colonies on the Channel Islands in Southern California, along the Baja peninsula, and in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
	www.pacificbio.org /ESIN/Birds/BrownPelican/pelican_overview.htm (425 words)

	ALBERTA'S WHITE PELICANS
		Adult pelicans are primarily white with fl-tipped wings, though they may have yellow-tinged feathers on their backs and breast.
		White Pelicans feed at the mouths of rivers and creeks in spring where the water is shallow.
		White Pelicans scoop fish out of the shallow water, strain excess water from their pouches, tip their head back and swallow.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/5086/56693 (479 words)

	American White Pelican Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
		The American White Pelican is a large, white bird (length: 127 to 165 cm; weight: most birds 5.0 to 9.0 kg; wingspan: 2.4 to 2.9 m) with fl primaries and outer secondaries, an enormous bill with distensible gular pouch, and totipalmate webbed feet.
		The American White Pelican is unlike other North American birds, except the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), which does not occur inland, and is smaller with generally darker body plumage, and often forages by plunge-diving, whereas the American White Pelican does not (Evans and Knopf 1993).
		American White Pelicans arrive at Montana colonies in April, egg-laying and incubation occur during late April through May, young are born in late May and June, and juveniles remain in the colonies until mid-August (P. Hendricks personal observation, E. Madden and M. Restani personal communication).
	fwp.mt.gov /fieldguide/detail_ABNFC01010.aspx (1729 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)

	American White Pelican
		The American White Pelican of North America is a large, web-footed bird with an enormous throat pouch for scooping up fish.
		Pelicans are heavy-bodied birds with short legs and thick, rough plumage.
		The American White Pelican catches fish by scooping them up in its pouch as it swims, while the brown pelican dives from the air to catch its prey, and is usually found along sea coasts.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/wpelican.htm (144 words)

	White Pelicans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		White Pelicans are large, white birds with long, yellow beaks and and bright orange feet.
		White Pelicans are covered with white feathers and have fl feathers underneath their wings and on their wing tips.
		White Pelicans are on the top of their food chain.
	www.mikids.com /LC/whitepelican.htm (263 words)

	White Pelican Skull
		White Pelican Skull - The white pelican is native to a large region of central and coastal North America.
		Pelicans are carnivores that feed on a variety of fish, using their long beaks and wide throat pouch to gulp up their prey.
		Pelicans can often be seen diving from great heights to capture fish and sometimes work in groups to capture prey.
	www.skullsunlimited.com /white-pelican-skull.html (133 words)

	Louisiana State Bird - Brown Pelican - Pelecanus Fuscus
		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 shell is thick and rather rough, of a pure white colour, with a few faint streaks of a rosy tint, and blotches of a very pale hue, from the centre towards the crown of the egg.
		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.50states.com /bird/bpelican.htm (4226 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Pelecanidae - American White Pelican (Pelecanus ...
		The body of the Brown Pelican is brown-gray streaked with white and the bill is gray.
		The abdomen of the immature Brown Pelican is white, but the back is still brown.
		Behavior: The American White Pelican captures fish while swimming or wading in shallow water using the beak as a fish net and straining the water from the pouch.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/pelican/Perythro.htm (298 words)

	Pelican Grace - Ungainly Grace, The American White Pelican Resources - National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Another well-known quirk to the pelican's beak is the pouch, capable of holding the liquid equivalent of two flushes of a toilet.
		Pelicans perform strange-looking exercises to stretch and maintain their pouch in a brand of pelican yoga.
		Breeding Behavior of the White Pelican at Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming helibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v066n01/p0003-p0023.pdf
	www7.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0606/feature3/learn.html (786 words)

	Everglades National Park White Pelican
		The pelicans lower their bills and capture some fish in their net-like pouches.
		White Pelicans are not as approachable as Brown Pelicans; they shy away from people and developed areas.
		Look for wintering White Pelicans on the mudflat at low tide (visible from the visitor center breezeway), at the end of the Snake Bight Trail, and elsewhere in Florida Bay.
	www.nps.gov /ever/eco/wpelican.htm (376 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)

	Status of the American White Pelican - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
		Although it was removed recently from Alberta's list of endangered animals, the American white pelican has a small and sparsely distributed population in Alberta.
		The American white pelican inhabits freshwater lakes in the summer, unlike its coastal cousin, the Brown Pelican.
		Although the Alberta population has remained stable in recent years, the number of breeding colonies remains low and pelicans are sparsely distributed around the province.
	www.srd.gov.ab.ca /fw/threatsp/wp_stat.html (203 words)

	All About Birds: American White Pelican
		Breeding on lakes throughout the northern Great Plains and mountain West, the American White Pelican is one of the largest birds in North America.
		The White Pelican does not dive for fish as the Brown Pelican does.
		Several pelicans may fish cooperatively, moving into a circle to concentrate fish, and then dipping their heads under simultaneously to catch fish.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_White_Pelican.html (151 words)

	Hotel Bed and Breakfast Inn Kemah Houston Galveston Texas Vacation Rental and Corporate Housing in Clear Lake Bay Area ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A White Texas Pelican is also available for vacation and corporate rental of either or both homes.
		An escape from the mundane, it remains a dreamy personal and private refuge in the middle of the Houston Galveston Metro Area.
		A bird's eye view of the "A White Texas Pelican" celebrated guesthouse located between Galveston and Houston, Texas, next door to the Kemah Boardwalk and just minutes away from Space Center Houston and NASA's Johnson Space Center.
	www.awhitetexaspelican.com (555 words)

	Great white pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus - ARKive
		Status: The great white pelican is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List 2006 and is listed on Appendices I and II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention).
		It is listed on Appendix II of the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats and on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive.
		Beneath the lower jaw of the pelican, and extending to the base of the throat, is a bright yellow, elastic pouch that can hold a large volume of fish.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Pelecanus_onocrotalus (193 words)

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