Originally Posted by
stardognine
I was at the Fairfield library recently, and they have several ducks there, (there's a large pond) with weird bumps all over their beaks. 🤔 Apparently, it's normal for them, but they look like they caught some weird disease. 🤔 😲
The "horn" on the beak of the white pelican is shed once the bird has mated and eggs have been laid. It is the only one of the 8 pelican species to have a bill horn.