Tweeters:
My boss was fishing up off Hat Island near Whidbey Island on the 20th of
September and a Brown Pelican flew by the boat.
A more unusual record comes from Bruce Whittington (owns the Field
Naturalist Bookstore in Victoria) who worked a couple weeks as a
naturalist for a floating fish lodge.He was birding in Jervis Inlet
(mainland side across from Comox,B.C.) in August I think and saw a Brown
Pelcian from the vessel. He is an active and very good birder so I have
no doubt about the record. I guess one of the only good things coming
from an El Nino event is the weird and wonderful bird sightings.

Tracee Geernaert
International Pacific Halibut Commission
PO Box 95009
Seattle, WA 98145-2009
206-634-1838
http://www.iphc.washington.edu:80/pages/iphc/staff/tracee/tracee.htm