On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, S&C Richardson wrote:

> My biggest news isn't mine: a friend called Sunday afternoon from
Olympia to > report an American White Pelican in East Bay. Hey, that's MY
area! I suspected > she was looking at an immature Brown Pelican, but she
seemed sure about the > immaculate white plumage. Hope it's there
tomorrow. (An American White Pelican > was photographed in this same area
in July 1978.)
>
Scott--

while you're at it, check this one out...

Jim Pruske, co-host of Bird Talk and local wildlife
photog, birds the Nisqually WF frequently..today he
told me he saw a Redtail marked as follows:

black head
dark Chocolatety back (no scapular marking)
darkish breast
under tail was light and there was no
red on the top side of the tail

hmm-mmmmm...I haven't seen the bird myself, but it
smacks of a Harlans..and possibily an immature at that.
Jim has photographed (extensively) a Rufous morph in the past
and concluded this was not a Rufous.

Tom