Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:53:59 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: white pelicans at Bellehaven, Va. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This was on the Virginia listserv this morning:=20 Fred Atwood said "I had a meeting in Alexandria at 7 last night so I stopped by Belle = Haven picnic area from 6:15-6:45 to see what was around. Had great = views of 2 white pelicans within 100 meters of the shore. They were = feeding with their simultaneous beak-dipping behavior while swimming." There's always a chance that these birds will fly or swim into Maryland = or even the District. The 1999 American White Pelican spent a fair = amount of time in DC, Maryland, and Virginia and was seen to fly from = one to another. =20 Cheers on this rainy Thursday. =20 Rob Hilton Bethesda, MD=20 rhilton@csa.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================