I just got a call from Greg Kearns, who asked me to post that yesterday he 
saw an American White Pelican in the afternoon at Merkle, and today - about 
30 minutes ago, it was seen here at Jug Bay, flying down the Patuxent.

I went out and looked but did not see it; I got a very nice consolation sighting 
though - my first kestrel here for the year.  It was perched far across the 
river on the AA Co side, and when a red-tail landed in a large tree nearby it 
came over to harass the hawk, stopping on it several times.  The redtail 
remained steadfast, and the kestrel left the vicinity.

This morning the male red-winged blackbirds were singing their Spring song 
very vocally, as were the cardinals.  It sounded like early March here this 
morning!

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD