Hi Everyone,

Happy Thanksgiving! 

My wife Becky and I went for a drive this morning and decided to do some bay-watching at the Chesapeake Beach Marina, North Beach, and Herrington Harbor. The most interesting birds of the morning were three BROWN PELICANs actively feeding with a gull flock, scoped well to the north of North Beach in Anne Arundel Co. My previous Brown Pelican record for this location was actually on 12/14/2008. 

Here are the full reports:

Chesapeake Beach Marina

Mallard--3
Long-tailed Duck--2
Bufflehead--23
Common Loon--4
Double-crested Cormorant--3
Laughing Gull--2
Ring-billed Gull--8
Herring Gull (American)--47
Great Black-backed Gull--65
Forster's Tern--6
American Crow--1
House Sparrow--3

North Beach

Mallard--1
Surf Scoter--2
Bufflehead--118
Common Loon--11; nine in one group
NORTHERN GANNET--2
Laughing Gull--6
Ring-billed Gull--1
Herring Gull (American)--12
Great Black-backed Gull--8
Mourning Dove--2
American Crow--1
Carolina Wren--2
American Pipit--1; flyover, calling

North Beach--Looking North into AA Co.

BROWN PELICAN--3; unmistakable even at a distance as they fed with a small flock of Herring Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls. Able to see massive bills and clear profiles both on the water and while diving. 

Herrington Harbor

Mallard--1
Bufflehead--240
Common Loon--5
Double-crested Cormorant--1
Laughing Gull--7
Ring-billed Gull--4
Herring Gull (American)--80
Great Black-backed Gull--45
Mourning Dove--1
American Crow--2
Fish Crow--1

Some recent photos:
http://www.billhubick.com/photos/updates/20091124.php

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com