Hi Chris:

We are seeing more and more American White 
Pelicans in MD every year, including in the upper 
bay. The MD/DC Records Committee used to review 
them as a rare sighting, but a number of years 
ago, we took the species off of our "review list."

I'll cc this reply to the editors of our regional 
season reports and I'll also forward your report 
to "MD Osprey," our local listserver.

Thanks for the report.

Phil


At 20:33 06/05/2008, Chris Smith wrote:
>Evening,
>  I’d like to know if seeing an American White 
> Pelican in Baltimore City is rare. It showed up 
> with the afternoon storms on Wednesday May 5th 
> and was here all day today. It was watched by 
> at least 10 people all day and all of us picked 
> out the American White Pelican from web sites. 
> It was large compared to anything else we’ve 
> seen - a barrel chest – long yellow bill with 
> the bump, black on it wing tips and what 
> appeared to be black feathers underneath. It 
> was clearly visible on some pilings on the old 
> pier next to our office which is in Fairfield, Baltimore City.
>
>We are located at:
>
>Vane Brothers Company
>2100 Frankfurst Ave
>Baltimore, MD 21226
>(410) 631 - 5096
>
>We are familiar with Buffleheads, Herons, Bald 
>Eagles and the other birds that seem to come 
>over for the day to the old pier from Fort 
>Carroll. We have never seen this type and the 
>only match we could find was the White Pelican. 
>Since the different web sites show it’s not 
>common to Maryland / Baltimore City we thought you’d like to know
>
>Thanks for your time,
>  Christopher J. Smith
>

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