Charlie,
The Pelicans I saw eating the ducklings were completely white, except for their
yellow bills. Guess they could be reffered to as "big white" ;-)
Wiliam
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Van: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Aan: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Verzonden: Dinsdag 24 maart 2009 14:19:59 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlijn / Bern
/ Rome / Stockholm / Wenen
Onderwerp: Re: [OM] The ones that get away.
Wiliam,
Eaten by the *pelicans*? I'm surprised; the brown Pelicans we have here
would never eat a bird, strictly fish. Your species must be branching out.
Killer pelicans...what's next.
Charlie
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Wiliam Wagenaar <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris Crawford wrote:
> -----
> > She confided that a baby duck
> > had swam through the fence into the alligator area and had
> > gotten eaten in front of a group of small children who were
> > upset by seeing the baby duck die! So, the gators were moved
> > from the duck pond!
> -----
>
> Reminds me of a visit to Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam when my children were
> little. We saw a proud duck, mother of 13 just hatched ducklings,
> entering the large pool filled with other ducks....
> ..... and pelicans. Boy were they eager to show how they fish! In a
> matter af seconds the duclings were surronded and within half a minute
> the spectacle was over. All the ducklings were eaten, leaving the mother
> very upset.
>
> Wiliam
>
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