There was a White Pelican on the water between the east span of the Mercer
Island I90 bridge and the Newport Yacht Club at mid-day on Sunday. Likely
the same bird.


Rob Conway
Bellevue, WA

robin_birder at hotmail.com




>From: "carenp" <carenp at totalise.co.uk>
>To: "tweets" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: [Tweeters] juanita bay park: white pelican
>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:39:40 -0800
>
>not sure just how rare this bird is in these parts this time of the year,
>but figured as there was nothing else to talk about, this might be rare
>enough...
>
>on two occasions today, for a total of maybe 20 seconds over 15 minutes, i
>spotted at least one white pelican in the air above juanita bay park...
>the
>first time, i was totally surprised as it flew directly overhead towards
>the
>west at a pretty good altitude... i've seen these regularly in southern
>california, but to the best of my knowledge, had never seen them north of
>northern california, so my mind kept trying to make it be something else...
>i'd committed the first sin of photography: when it finally clicked what
>the bird was, it was already too far away to be even a good ID photo...
>while i was walking to the end of the western boardwalk, someone else came
>up to me and asked if i'd seen the pelican, so i knew it wasn't my senior
>moments playing games with me...
>
>about 15 VERY FREEZING moments later (we won't talk about the north wind
>coming off the water), i was once again surprised to see another (the
>same?)
>white pelican, this time racing from north to south... by the time i saw
>it, it was already over the park proper (about 100 yards away), but this
>time, i did get a photo good enough for ID... i haven't decided if it's
>good enough to post as a photo of the week (for rarity, as quality is poor)
>or not, but i'm more than willing to share it in email with folks if they
>have an interest...
>
>i managed to beat the wind for another 15 minutes looking for the bird(s)
>to
>reappear (it / they didn't) before the wind pounded me into my car for a
>warm meal and shelter...
>
>00 caren
>http://www.parkgallery.org
>juanita bay park, washington
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