Hi All: Wow on the pelicans.

>From http://www.birdresearchnw.org/Project-Info/weekly-update/


7/16/09 ?
Census of roosting California brown pelicans conducted on East Sand Island (Columbia River estuary); over 22,000 brown pelicans counted on island (D. Jaques, pers. comm.), the greatest number of brown pelicans ever recorded on East Sand Island; this count is ca. 6,500 higher than the previous high count (3 July, see below) of pelicans on East Sand Island

and bad news for Puget Sound Caspians and their supporters from
(http://www.birdresearchnw.org/Project-Info/weekly-update/coastal-washington-weekly-update/default.aspx):

7/2/09 ?

Dungeness Spit Caspian tern colony completely or nearly completely failed; 10 Caspian terns counted near the old colony location, one of which was attending a nest with one egg; all other tern nesting attempts at this tern colony, which numbered about 1,000 nesting pairs, failed due to predation on tern eggs by both mammalian and avian predators.
Gary Shugart, Slater Museum of Natural History,University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416