We refer to Pied Imperial-pigeons as PIP's. So when a pair nested in our
yard we called the young a Pipette!
Denise
on 11/11/10 5:23 PM, Laurie Knight at wrote:
> How about a pelicanet?
>
> On 11/11/2010, at 9:00 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
>
>> Trevor,
>>
>> I think you will find that the only name you could call is a chick.
>> Looks like no one got around to giving names to young pelicans.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>> On 10/11/2010, at 10:09 PM, Trevor Hampel wrote:
>>
>> Hi there birders,
>> one
>> I hope someone can help me with this.
>>
>> This morning I was the guest speaker on Australian Birds at our
>> local Ladies Probus Club.
>>
>> One of the ladies asked me "What is a baby pelican called?"
>>
>> I had to admit that I didn't know if there was a special name, other
>> than chick or nestling. A search of the internet has not thrown any
>> light on this either, except I found two references to "toddlers" on
>> less than authoritative sites.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Trevor
>>
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