Primarily, Piper is going to be chasing away large waterfowl like ducks and geese.

Piper 的主要驱赶对象是鸭子和鹅那种大型。

He had seen plenty of rabbits, and there were waterfowl on the ponds.

他看见过很多兔子，池塘里还有鸟。

Geese and other waterfowl do, nevertheless, seem to form a significant part of polar bears' diets, for studies done in the 1960s found a lot of bird remains in the animals' faeces.

尽管如此，雪雁跟其他似乎会成为北极熊重要的食物源，在19世纪60年代，就在北极熊的粪便中发现许多的肉。

“There is less food such as grassroots, snails, and shells for waterfowl due to the drought, ” said Duan, who has lived in Duchang on the north side of the lake for over 40 years.

“由于干旱，的草根、蜗牛和贝壳食物减少，”，他已经在湖北边的都昌生活 40 多年。

The enteric tracts of waterfowl such as ducks and geese are known to be the reservoirs for all known influenza A viruses.

已知鸭子和鹅的肠道是所有已知A型流感病毒的宿主。

Waterfowl like ducks can carry the disease without dying and pass it to poultry through contaminated waste, saliva and other means.

诸如鸭子之类的以携带这种疾病而不会死亡，并通过受污染的排泄物、唾液和其他方式将其传播给家。

But today, the keeper who usually tended the waterfowl was sick with the flu and had not come to work.

今天，那个平时负责照看的管理员恰巧得流感，没来上班。

In the Red Rock Lakes, you will find other Trumpeter Swans, as well as the lesser waterfowl--the geese and the ducks.

在这个红石湖，你会找到其他的号手天鹅，还有一些为数不多的鸟——野鹅和野鸭们。

As of Oct. 10, over 4,700 waterfowl had arrived and roosted in the Duchang County lake area, local authorities said.

当地政府称，截至 10 月 10 日，已有 4700 多只抵达都昌县湖区并栖息。

It was crowded with waterfowl of all kinds --ducks and geese mostly.

那里有成群的各种鸟--最多的是鸭子和鹅。

I have, in fact, been looking forward to this time of serenity and peace and the society of other waterfowl.

我心里，实际上，一直期盼着在这个平静的时刻和别的鸟呆在一起呢。

All the waterfowl on the lake turned and gazed up at the approaching swan. The swan circled in the sky.

湖上的所有都转过身来注视着这只正在飞近的天鹅。这只天鹅在空中盘旋着。

From among the thousands of waterfowl, they quickly found the members of their own families--their fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers.

从数以千计的鸟当中，他们很快地找到他们自己的家庭成员--他们的父母和哥哥姐姐们。

Louis is a Trumpeter Swan, noblest of all the waterfowl.

路易斯是一只号手天鹅，是所有鸟中最高贵的。

I work alongside rice farmers to protect, restore and manage wetlands for waterfowl.

我与稻农民合作，保护、恢复和管理湿地以供使用。

So we have a lot of waterfowl, migratory waterfowl, some resident birds.

所以我们有很多，迁徙的，还有一些留鸟。

Well, we've learned that the migratory bird, particularly waterfowl, can be carriers of the virus.

我们解到，候鸟，尤其是，能是这种病毒的携带者。

They're also partial to doves,   waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds.

它们也偏爱鸽子、、滨鸟和鸣。

Leiden University scientist Carel Ten Cate said that what was interesting about the vocal expression of the waterfowl, nicknamed " Ripper" , was not so much the message, but that he could imitate humans at all.

莱顿大学的科学家 Carel Ten Cate 表示， 这只绰号“开膛手” 的鸟的声音表达有趣之处与其是传达信息，不如它完全以模仿人类。

Now, around the time that this song was in heavy rotation, biologists were in deep discussion about whether bird species, notably songbirds and waterfowl were actually monogamous or not.

现在， 在这首歌热播的时候，生物学家们正在深入讨论鸟类， 特别是鸣和是否实际上是单一配偶制的问题。