What do a peckish bee-eater, two shaggy bisons going head-to-head in snow, and pelicans dancing in a pristine lake all have in common?
一只饥肠辘辘的食蜂鸟，两头在雪地里相互抵角的长毛野牛，以及在一片原始湖泊中翩翩起舞的鹈鹕们，它们有什么共同点吗？
What do a peckish bee-eater, shaggy bison going head-to-head in snow and pelicans dancing in a pristine lake all have in common?
一只饥不择食的蜂虎鸟，两头在雪地里相互抵角的长毛野牛，以及在一片原始湖泊中齐舞的鹈鹕们，它们有什么共同点吗？
The island is home to thousands of brown pelicans, egrets and roseate spoonbills, many of which are now affected by oil after the Deepwater spill.
巴拉泰瑞岛上栖息着几千只褐鹈鹕、白鹭和粉红琵鹭。其中许多鸟儿已经受到了深海原油泄漏的影响。
Migratory waterbirds, from bar-headed geese to ruddy shelducks, crowd into Kaziranga wetlands over the winter with spot-billed pelicans and black-necked storks.
一些迁徙的水鸟，如斑头雁和红麻鸭，会涌进卡兹兰加的湿地，与这里的斑嘴鹈鹕和黑颈鹤等常驻鸟类一起度过整个冬季；
Two brown pelicans stand among a flock of seagulls on the shore of Ship Island, Mississippi, on Thursday while an oil containment boom floats in the water nearby.
星期四，在密西西比州轮船岛的海滨，两只棕鹈鹕站在一群海鸥当中。附近，阻油围栅浮于水面。
Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the albatross?
低飞是鹈鹕和信天翁的事，你学这干什么？
Those gulls are surprisingly aggressive and always steal fish from the pouches of pelicans and chase other birds to take their prey.
那些海鸥具有令人惊讶的攻击性，它们经常从鹈鹕的喉囊中盗取鲜鱼，并追逐其它鸟类，掠夺它们的猎物。
Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the albatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!
难道学其他海鸥的样儿这么难，乔？低飞是鹈鹕和信天翁的事，你学这干什么？你干吗不吃点儿？孩子，你都瘦得皮包骨头了！
On a day trip to the wetlands that divide Serrekunda from the Gambian capital, Banjul, we watched pelicans fishing and women in traditional canoes plucking oysters from the mangroves.
有一天我们去了湿地，这片湿地把萨拉昆达与冈比亚首都班珠尔分隔开来。我们见识了鹈鹕鸟捕鱼，还看见女人们驾着传统独木舟在红树林中采集牡蛎。
Oil also allows cool water to get past the birds' wet suit-like feathers and touch skin, compromising the pelicans' thermal regulation and making it harder for them to fly and dive for fish.
同时，油污还会使冰冷的海水直接穿透鹈鹕紧身衣似的羽毛层，与皮肤相接触，危及它们的热调节系统，让它们很难飞起来，也无法潜入水中捕鱼。
Pelicans move clumsily on land but have graceful flight posture.
鹈鹕在陆上动作很笨拙，但飞翔姿势优美。
Pelicans wait for the fishes to come up for air to capture them.
鹈鹕会等鱼浮出水面换气时将其捕食。
That's why he sounded excited about the possibility of joining the Pelicans.
这也是考辛斯在听到自己有可能加入鹈鹕的消息后欣喜若狂的原因。
The Pelicans will probably be a pretty good team once they're healthy, though.
鹈鹕队如果保持健康的话，他们会是一支强队的。
Pelicans' closest relatives instead include shoe-billed storks (above at left).
和鹈鹕血缘最近的偏偏是靴嘴鹳（见左图）。
Brown Pelicans fly past booms stained by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at Cat Island, Louisiana.
路易斯安那猫岛，褐鹈鹕飞过粘上斑斑石油的围油栏。
Pelicans try to catch fish with their beaks during lunch time at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, Germany.
德国慕尼黑海拉·布伦动物园。鹈鹕在午餐时间用长长的喙捕鱼。
Pelicans fly to Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes, small volcanoes on the southern San Andreas Fault, after sunset in California.
在加利福尼亚州日落之后，一群鹈鹕飞往鲻鱼岛，它是沙顿四孤峰中的一个，是圣安德烈亚斯断层南部的一个小火山群。
Pelicans fly to Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes, small volcanoes on the southern San Andreas Fault, after sunset in California.
在加利福尼亚州日落之后，一群鹈鹕飞往鲻鱼岛，它是沙顿四孤峰中的一个，是圣安德烈亚斯断层南部的一个小火山群。
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