Gooney Bird
French translation: albatros
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| 5 +1 | un albatros |
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| 5 | albatros (aussi: albatros à pieds noirs et albatros de Laysan)) |
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| 4 | Albatros |
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Albatros Explanation: Any dictionary I found it in Oxford Eng/French dic HTH Oxford, pour v�rification |
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peer agreement (net): +1un albatros Explanation: A 'gooney bird', notamment en américain, est un albatros. Robert & Collins |
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albatros (aussi: albatros à pieds noirs et albatros de Laysan)) Explanation: References: Laysan Albatross, Diomedea immutabilis Popularly called the Gooney bird, pairs mate for life and can build elaborate mound-like nests to which they return each year. The typical bird stands about 18" tall, weighs about 5½ pounds and has about a 7 foot wing span. Courtship means dancing The bird on the left is emitting a cowlike moo while the one on the right clacks its beak rapidly. These activities plus a few others and much bobbing up and down and strutting around go on for several weeks prior to mating. Offspring A Laysan Albatross chick, approximately one month old, is covered with big downy feathers. The birds get really silly looking when the down begins to fall off as the mature. Black-footed Albatross, Diomedia nigripes Black Gooney with egg. Preferring to nest in less traveled areas, this species is aggressive towards interlopers. If you walk too close to a nest, its owner may growl at you then bite your pants leg and throw up on your foot. Awkward on land, the Gooney is truly graceful in flight. They glide on the wind effortlessly and can fly great distances. Transported to Whidby Island, Washington, a bird made the 3200 mile return trip in 10 days. Full info at http://www.oz.net/~daveb/birdsof.htm French: "... oiseaux, comme l'albatros à pieds noirs, le puffin fuligineux ... queue fourchue et l'océanite cul-blanc ... marins plus vulnérables aux pressions anthropiques ..." www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceanscanada/newfrench/htmdocs/mpas/fbowi... and: ... protégés en vertu de la Loi sur les oiseaux migrateurs, y compris l’albatros de Laysan et l’albatros à pattes noires, dont les plus grandes populations ... www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/News/Lettre_Info/93_F/Dalzell.htm |
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