open glossary Image © 2009 Brown Pelican Hits Water After A Dive Go back to Birds Base Play A Movie
Watch that pelican. He's seen a fish! Did you see him dive to catch it? The lower half of a pelican's beak has a pouch that stretches to scoop up fish like a net.
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