There definitely seems to be an abundance of fish. I have seen the hundreds of herons (which is lovely) as well as the pelicans. This morning an osprey was displaying hunting skill by hovering and diving like a tern for a fish that seemed to be small, maybe greenish with stripes? Anyway, not great with fish identification, but they do seem to be abundant there.
Jackie Owens
Sedro Woolley
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:16:10 -0700
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From: Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns at gmail.com>
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To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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Cc: Cathy Scott <catsbow at gmail.com>, TWEETERS tweeters
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] American White Pelicans in Padilla Bay
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The number of American White Pelicans in Padilla Bay would indicate an
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abundance of food fish. I had come to that conclusion, when I observed 300
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to 400 Great Blue Herons feeding north of Bayview State Park in a tidal
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pool back in May. This easily was the largest concentration of herons I
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have ever seen. Does anybody know what the pelicans are feeding on?
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Good Birding!
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Hans
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On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 7:07 PM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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wrote:
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> But no hints of breeding? What a waste if they?re not, perhaps over on
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> this side because of the persistent drought in the Great Basin. Wouldn?t
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> the islands in the Swinomish Channel make a great place for White Pelicans
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> to breed? Or maybe there are just too many boaters for that.
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> Dennis Paulson
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> Seattle
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> On Jun 19, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Cathy Scott <catsbow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm excited to say that there are at least 179 American White Pelicans in
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> Padilla Bay now! You can read a history and see photos and videos on the
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> Facebook page I created after they arrived in late spring of 2016. They
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> only stay during spring to early fall.
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> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1282844938437901
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> Cathy Scott
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