Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:01:30 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: latest on American White Pelicans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the Virginia listserv Rob Hilton rhilton@csa.com Bethesda, MD ++++++++ Subject: Re: White Pelicans at Belle Haven From: BlkVulture@aol.com Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:56:27 EDT Greetings... The two American White Pelicans found by Fred Atwood were tucked close = to the=20 Maryland shore from before noon until around one-thirty today, seen from = the=20 end of the road through Belle Haven Marina. At one-thirty, a small boat = (Zodiac type) motored directly toward them. ... The birds flushed, flying low over the water for a short distance, = before=20 gaining altitude and flying in lazy circles for a bit. They then = continued=20 west, gaining a bit of altitude until they were seen north of me, and = west of=20 the white building over at Jones Point. They weren't in Virginia long = before=20 they drifted back to the middle of the river, and started pumping north. = =20 They flew across the Wilson Bridge, and eventually put down on what = seemed to=20 be the eastern shore, not far north of the bridge. I made no effort to=20 locate them again. ... =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 =========================================================================