Subject: Fw: American White Pelicans
Date: May 30 18:25:54 2001
From: WAYNE WEBER - contopus at home.com


Whatcom Birders,

The attached message was posted on TWEETERS this morning, and will no
doubt be of interest to all of you.

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


----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie Shahan <Valerie.Shahan at wwu.edu>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:11 AM
Subject: American White Pelicans


> I tried to post this yesterday but apparently it did not get listed.
>
>
> Yesterday, around 11:30, I was on my deck which is located on the
eastern
> edge of Lummi Bay, Whatcom County. While observing the activity at
my
> feeders I observed a wheeling flock of large white birds. At first
glance I
> assumed them to be gulls. I wondered what had so many gulls excited
so many
> I glassed them. Not gulls. There were 50-60 American White
Pelicans.
> They caught a thermal over the mud flats and were rising with it.
They
> moved south as they gained height. Wow!
>
> I am taking my film in today.
>
> Valerie Shahan
> Lummi Bay
> Valerie.Shahan at wwu.edu
>