Thanks for the update and previous counts.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:43 PM George Heleker <earthman1950 at whidbey.com>
wrote:


> The first of what will likely be a lot more American White Pelicans have

> arrived at Deer Lagoon on Whidbey. I saw them early this morning, and some

> locals told me they arrived yesterday afternoon.

>

> This species first arrived in numbers on June 14, 2016 and reached as many

> as 205 that year. In 2017, they first arrived on May 7th, and also maxed

> out at 205. In 2018, they first arrived on April 24th and maxed out in mid

> summer at 240 birds. Last year they first arrived on April 20th, but only

> maxed out at 84. I'm not sure why the decrease in numbers last year, but I

> did noticed that they spent a lot more time feeding along the bay compared

> to previous years. One has to wonder how many fish could possibly be left

> in the marsh side of the lagoon after three years of those huge birds

> feeding.

>

> Unfortunately, I have seen no evidence of any breeding going on at the

> lagoon area.

>

> George

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