Re: [MDOsprey] White Pelican in DC (and sometimes MD)

Robert (robert@csa.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:15:33 -0400


At 09:50 PM 08/17/1999 -0400, Phil Davis wrote:
>All -
>
>American White Pelican is a "reviewable" species in MD and DC.  This bird 
>would be a DC first record !!!
>
>Be sure to note and describe the secondaries pattern ... this is necessary 
>to separate American White Pelican from theoretical escapees, like 
>Dalmatian Pelican.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Phil

Phil and others:

FYI: Dalmatian Pelican has gray legs and dusky mandibles.  The dark flight
feathers tend to be dark rather than black.  

More I can't remember because I am at work and my guides are not.  

Back to work (there might be a hawk flying past my window (-;)

Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
Bethesda