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

Piper 主要驱赶对象是鸭子和鹅那种大型水禽。

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，雪雁跟其他水禽似乎会成为北极熊重要食物源，在19世纪60年代，就在北极熊粪便中发现许多水禽肉。

“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.

“旱，水禽草根、蜗牛和贝壳食物减少了，”段说，他已经在湖北边都昌生活了 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.

已知鸭子和鹅水禽肠道是所有已知A型流感病毒宿主。

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

诸如鸭子之类水禽可以携带这种疾病而不会死亡，并通过受排泄物、唾液和其他方式将其传播给家禽。

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，你会找到其他号手天鹅，还有一些为数不多水鸟——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.

那里有成群各种水鸟--最多是鸭子和鹅。

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时刻和别水鸟呆在一起呢。

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

湖上所有水禽都转过身来注视着这只正在飞近天鹅。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.

从数以千计水鸟当中，他们很快地找到了他们自己家庭成员--他们父母和哥哥姐姐们。

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

路易斯是一只号手天鹅，是所有水鸟中最高贵。

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

我与水稻农民合作，保护、恢复和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，尤其是水禽，可能是这种病毒携带者。

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

它们也偏爱鸽子、水禽、滨鸟和鸣禽。

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.

莱顿大学科学家 Carel Ten Cate 表示， 这只绰号“开膛手” 水鸟声音表达有趣之处与其说是传达信息，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， 在这首歌热播时候，生物学家们正在深入讨论鸟类， 特别是鸣禽和水禽是否实际上是单一配偶制问题。