Vancouver RBA wrote:

>RARE BIRD ALERT: A *BROWN PELICAN*, probably the same bird seen initially
>on Tesday Sept 13, was again at Blackie Spit in Crescent Beach. The bird,
>which is in juv. plumage, was roosting with gulls on pilings at the mouth
>of Farm Slough, the large tidal lagoon between the Spit and the Burlington
>There was no relocation of the BROWN PELICAN last seen Tuesday, Sept. 13 at
>Blackie Spit.
>A single COMMON NIGHTHAWK was over the 3600-bl of W 1st Ave in the
>Kitsilano area on the W side of VCR.

>TUE SEP 13
>RARE BIRD ALERT A *BROWN PELICAN* was seen this afternoon at Crescent
>Beach

Can somebody explain this to me? Are Brown Pelicans just rare in this
location or am I just lucky? On the outer WA coast I regularly see many
Brown Pelicans, sometimes hundreds. This year I noticed that the numbers
were reduced but I saw them at Third Beach. I this really a rare bird, or
does it just not occur frequently in populated areas?

Charles Vaughan
Woodinville, WA