Andrea,

A couple of folks pointed out some Brown Pelican facts for me after my
post this weekend. 1) Brown Pelicans are not all that uncommon around the
mouth of the Columbia River starting in May, and 2) Brown Pelicans have
been progressively showing up earlier and earlier each year over the past
few years. So it seems late June is not all that unusual for Brown
Pelicans to be hanging around, though their numbers generally increase in
July. In that past I have always thought of them showing up in places
like Grays Harbor a bit later in the summer, and they are always good to
watch in the fall!

Happy birding,

Rob

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>During the weekend of June 1st/2nd, I saw two groups of BROWN PELICANS
>about ten miles north of Ocean Shores (Iron Springs), flying north along
>the coastline. One group contained 16 birds; the other approximately 20.
> I didn't think the sightings were unusual enough to warrant a posting,
>but it sounds from Rob's posting like they were pretty early.
>
>Andrea Grad
>Alki
>agrad at helsell.com