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Brown Pelican in Solomons

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"Bell, Tyler"

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Bell, Tyler

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Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:01:04 -0500

This morning, I was scanning the various gull flocks along the waterfront at Solomons at the southern end of Calvert county. My final stop was at the Chesapeake Biological Lab pier. Nothing unusual until I noticed a large brown bird among the Great Black-backed Gulls. It had its head tucked in but a passing car caused it to raise its head enough to see it was a juvenile Brown Pelican. I've never seen one in the Solomons area though they are often on the fishing weirs off of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates.
 
Tyler Bell

California, MD