I believe they are different birds.  If I remember correctly, they were
being seen at the same time in the recent past.  I know that a birder is
looking for it this afternoon, so we'll see.

Jay Keller



----- Original Message -----
From: "craig tumer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Jug Bay Pelican & Wood Ducks & bucket musings


> I wonder if this is the same white pelican that has been seen in Accotink
Bay, Virginia recently?  I stopped by there this morning in hopes of seeing
it, but it was not there.  Maybe it decided to visit Maryland for a while?
>
>   Craig Tumer
>   College Park, MD.
>
> danny bystrak <> wrote:
>   This morning (Jan. 7, 2007) at 7:48, while sitting on my inverted
> 5-gallon bucket overlooking the South end of Jug Bay, a White Pelican
> sailed into view, presumably the same one Jeff saw yesterday. It
> eventually got up on the P.G. Co. shore and preened for a great long
> while (when I left at 8:49, it was still there, but not at 1 pm).
>
> Yesterday, I heard a Wood Duck, so walked down to the beaver pond in our
> creek, where I flushed 9 of them. In a warm February, I normally expect
> to start hearing migrants (in my experience the wintering individuals
> don't call much) in the first week. As warm as it has been, and with
> yesterday's absurd temps, I suspect these may actually have been early
> migrants returning. The same location has had no sign of Wood Ducks
> since late November.
>
> My "bucket list" is off to a good start this year; I am at 57 species,
> tied with this date in '05 and 8 ahead of last year. My yearly total
> for '06 was 173, down from my '05 total of 183. My first year of this
> insanity ('04) I only recorded 161. Is there a known record for "most
> species recorded from one spot"? My total for all years (first started
> my vigil in 1997 I think, but didn't get crazed (=annual list) about it
> until '04) is around 227, give or take a few hypotheticals.
>
> danny bystrak
> Bristol, aa co. md
>
>
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