Tweeters,

If the P-I claims that White Pelicans are nesting at Fern Ridge
Reservoir, they are incorrect. (I read reports of birds seen at Fern
Ridge every week on OBOL, the Oregon birding E-mail group.) There have
been up to 25 non-breeding pelicans on the reservoir most of the late
spring and summer; there were 2 there most of last year. However, to
the best of my knowledge these birds are NOT breeding-- they are
non-breeders that are simply taking advantage of a good feeding area.

White Pelicans do nest east of the Cascades at least in Harney and
Lake Counties, Oregon, and I have seen breeding colonies in both
counties.

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, BC
contopus at home.com



----- Original Message -----
From: Danielle D. <yelli2 at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: white pelican nesting colony in OR


> Tweets-
> I just read in the P-I that there is a nesting colony of white
pelicans at
> the southern edge of Fern Ridge Reservoir in Veneta, OR. The article
states
> that there has been no established population of the pelicans west
of the
> Cascades for 50 years.
>
> -Danielle
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