April 18, 2025


Thank you, BOB *!* GREAT information for me, and thank you for the article.

On regular years (*if that even exists anymore*), when do the Brown
Pelicans typically show up for you at Tatoosh Rock, Cape Flattery, WA?

Here is our eBird Checklist from April 8, 2025 at Westport, WA:
*https://ebird.org/checklist/S225171830
<https://ebird.org/checklist/S225171830>*
*Our photo shows ALL breed plumaged adults except for ONE, which I assumed
was an immature plumaged born in 2024, but maybe it was born in 2025 and is
a juvenile???*


*Yours most appreciatively,*
cjflick / White Salmon, WA



On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM Bob Boekelheide <bboek at olympus.net> wrote:


> Hi CJ and Tweeters,

>

> Two days ago (4/16/25), a group of us also saw 40 Brown Pelicans flying

> low over the waves to the north past Cape Flattery, and other pelicans

> roosting on Tatoosh Island in the evening. The odd thing is the ones we

> could see well with scopes looked to be adults, which should be in the

> middle of nesting right now in Mexico or California.

>

> Here is an article about pelicans having trouble right now with toxic

> algae blooms and domoic acid in California, causing deaths of adults and

> and nesting failures this nesting season. Curiously, there may even be a

> connection to the big wildfires and subsequent mudslides down there,

> causing run-off of nutrients into coastal waters, adding to the algae bloom.

>

> https://phys.org/news/2025-04-adult-pelicans-falling-victim-toxic.html

>

> Maybe a connection to the pelicans showing up early here?

>

> Bob Boekelheide

> Dungeness

>

>

> On Apr 16, 2025, at 12:03 PM, via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> wrote:

>

> *From: *cj flick via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject: **[Tweeters] Question about Arrival Time for BRown PElicans at

> Westport, WA - April 8th*

> *Date: *April 16, 2025 at 10:57:54 AM PDT

> *To: *tweeters at u.washington.edu

> *Reply-To: *cj flick <ke7qbi at gmail.com>

>

>

> What is the usual arrival date for BRown PElicans in March or April each

> Year? We thought our sight record on April 8th was on the early side.

>

> CJ Flick / White Salmon, WA

>

>

>