[MDOsprey] American White Pelican - MD sighting 8/18/199

Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:19:52 -0400


Detoured on my back from a business meeting today to try for the pelican..

Sighted the bird from Jones Point (VA) from 12:55 pm to 1:05 pm.

I placed it in Maryland waters ... my notes on the location ...

Location:
·	Sighted from Jones Point, VA
·	Observing location approximately 100 feet north of Woodrow Wilson Bridge
·	GPS coordinates of observing location = N38 47.6, W077 02.3
·	Bearing: approximately 30 degrees counter-clockwise (to the 
north)--sighted with GPS compass
·	Estimated to be 8/10 of distance to opposite (MD) shore
·	Past the far edge of the hydrilla bed
·	When heading back to MD on the WW Bridge measured .2 mile from passing 
the bird to the MD shore
·	Per GPS placement of estimated location at the time of observation and 
post analysis (that evening) of GPS and map data, this sighting was 400 
feet into MD waters. [See attached map.  (hardcopy)]

Phil


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