Re: [MDOsprey] White Pelican today in DC
Robert (robert@csa.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:52:35 -0400
thanks for the word George. I'm going again this evening after 6 again.
Rob/Robert Hilton
At 01:10 PM 08/18/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Folks
>The White Pelican was loafing around the W. Wilson Bridge at lunch today.
Between 12:00 and 12:30
>pm I observed it drifting from DC into MD waters. (Remember Virginia does
not have any waters on the
>Potomac.) Yaah!
>Sorry, no pictures. I only got the word in the am today. Thanks Gail and
Robert.
>I first saw the bird from the I 295 south (not 285) bridge just north of
the bridge. I watched it drift south
>until it was east of the draw span on the bridge and south of the state
line. It settled into a collection of
>logs with several DC (but in Maryland) Cormorants. I then drove over to
Jones Point Park where I found
>a few birders with scopes. After some discussion and comparison of our
maps, we all concurred the
>bird was in MD. It was approximately 100 yards east of the state line if
you draw a line from the south tip
>of I-295 overpass to the draw span point.
>Hopefully, this animal will stay awhile.
>Good luck if you chase it.
>George
>