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Description
During eclipse totality, birds at Grand Lake St Marys in Ohio, "disappeared." They roosted for 4 minutes while it was dark. And as the sun began to reappear, the birds, this pelican included, got active again as if it was morning time.

A side note: The nuptial tubercle is an ornamental growth that develops on the upper part of the American white pelican's bill during breeding season. It looks like a horn. Both male and female American white pelicans develop this tubercle, and it falls off at the end of mating season.

Description
During eclipse totality, birds at Grand Lake St Marys in Ohio, "disappeared." They roosted for 4 minutes while it was dark. And as the sun began to reappear, the birds, this pelican included, got active again as if it was morning time.

A side note: The nuptial tubercle is an ornamental growth that develops on the upper part of the American white pelican's bill during breeding season. It looks like a horn. Both male and female American white pelicans develop this tubercle, and it falls off at the end of mating season.