Hey all,
Just got this email from a friend in PA.
Kevin Graff
> From: Bob Schutsky <>
> Subject: BROWN PELICAN above Conowingo Dam in Maryland
> To: "Gail Mackiernan" <>, "Kevin Graff"
> <>, "bob ringler" <>, "Rob
> Hilton" <>, "Harry Armistead"
> <>
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 9:16 PM
> {Would someone please post this to MDOsprey Birding List for me?
> Thanks, BOB]
>
>
> Dear Maryland Birders,
>
> I live in Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, PA. This
> afternoon (2 August) my neighbors Mike and Marty Pell were
> boating on Conowingo Pond, which is the final impoundment of
> the Susquehanna River. They saw and photographed an
> adult BROWN PELICAN on the river, immediately above
> Conowingo Dam. They saw the bird in both Cecil and
> Harford counties, MD.
>
> Mike called me at about 4 PM, immediately after they saw
> it, but I was not home. He called me again at about 5
> PM with an update. By 5:30 PM he had picked up my son
> David, my grandson Adam, and me, and we motored the 7 miles
> downriver to Conowingo Dam. We found the Brown Pelican
> fairly quickly, resting on the water near the center of the
> river, about 200 feet upriver from the dam.
>
> When Mike forwards his photos to me, I will forward them
> for posting and the rarities committee.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, this is the second record for
> Brown Pelican at Conowingo Dam. The first one was
> present below the dam quite a few years ago, 21-24 December,
> but I forget the year. When last seen it was flying
> upriver and out of sight toward Pennsylvania.
>
> We'll be watching for the current bird upriver in PA, which
> is only 5 miles above the dam.
>
> PS: My son just called from Conowingo Dam on his way home
> to Baltimore. He saw the Brown Pelican sitting on the
> water in the same place. This was at 7:15 PM, Sunday.
>
> Sincerely,
> BOB SCHUTSKY
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