Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:45:04 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: white pelicans in Maryland (PG County) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just finished talking to Todd Day, who is/was at Bellehaven Marina, = down the road as far as one can go. He said the white pelicans = (presumably American White Pelicans) were in Maryland waters very close = to the National Harbor construction area. As we were speaking they took = off and started flying toward him. =20 This just in from Sue Heath:=20 "I went looking for those White Pelicans this morning and found them = solidly in MD waters near the new harbor that is being built just south = of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Fortunately for me, they made a 15 minute = flight in which they came solidly into VA almost to the Hunting Creek = Bridge before heading back where they started from. I was there between = 11:30 and noon. Todd [Day] is there right now watching them swim around = in the same place and hoping they make another flight into VA. ... I = don't think they can be seen from MD. Folks will have to come venture = into VA and view them from the Belle Haven marina which is where I was." = =20 One can check the Virginia listserv for more information as the best = access is bound to be from the Virginia side. =20 Best,=20 Rob Hilton Bethesda, MD=20 rhilton@csa.com=20 =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 =========================================================================