Continuing to check for the White Pelican on my morning & evening
bicycle commutes:
Tues evening, 24 Aug (1900-1910 EDT): perched on the snag in Hydrilla
mat N of Wilson Bridge;
Weds AM, 25 Aug (0805 to 0815 EDT): failed to find it scanning river N
of bridge (from foot of Jones Pt Rd), then it appeared flying
downriver, low over the water, and landed on the snag about 0810.
Over the weekend, my sightings of the bird off the mouth of Hunting
Creek were all on rising tides. But I did not look at other times,
and yesterday David Strother found the bird there 90 minutes before
low tide. So it is probably worth checking there anytime the bird is
not visible N of the bridge.
Sherman Suter
Alexandria, VA 22307
ssuter@aaas.org
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