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鹅那种大型水禽。

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

看见过很多兔子，池塘里还有水鸟。

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，雪雁跟水禽似乎会成为北极熊重要的食物源，在19世纪60年代，就在北极熊的粪便发现许多水禽的。

“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，水禽的草根、蜗牛贝壳食物减少了，”段说，已经在湖北边的都昌生活了 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.

已知鸭子鹅水禽的肠道是所有已知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.

诸如鸭子之类的水禽可以携带这种疾病而不会死亡，并通过受污染的排泄物、唾液方式将传播给家禽。

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

可今天，那个平时负责照看水禽的管理员恰巧得了流感，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，你会找到的号手天鹅，还有一些为数不多的水鸟——野鹅野鸭们。

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 多只水禽抵达都昌县湖区并栖息。

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

那里有成群的各种水鸟--最多的是鸭子鹅。

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别的水鸟呆在一起呢。

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

湖上的所有水禽都转过身来注视着这只正在飞近的天鹅。这只天鹅在空盘旋着。

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

从数以千计的水鸟当，们很快地找到了们自己的家庭成员--们的父母哥哥姐姐们。

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

路易斯是一只号手天鹅，是所有水鸟最贵的。

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

我与水稻农民合作，保护、恢复管理湿地以供水禽使用。

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

所以我们有很多水禽，迁徙的水禽，还有一些留鸟。

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

我们了解到，候鸟，尤是水禽，可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、水禽、滨鸟鸣禽。

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” 的水鸟的声音表达有趣之处与说是传达信息，不如说它完全可以模仿人类。

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， 特别是鸣禽水禽是否实际上是单一配偶制的问题。