Fish-eating bird (7,4)
(Other definitions for herring gull that I've seen before include "Fish-eating sea bird" , "Common sea bird" , "Large common seabird" .)
(Other definitions for pelican that I've seen before include "nickname of US State" , "Aquatic bird with pouch" , "Large waterbird" , "Nice pal (anag)" , "In place (anag.)" .)