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Fwd: Possible Brown Pelican at Conowingo Dam, MD

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Rob Hilton

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Rob Hilton

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Fri, 6 Aug 2010 02:55:51 -0700

I saw this on the Pennsylvania birding list just now.
Rob HiltonSilver Spring++++++++Subject: Possible Brown Pelican at Conowingo Dam, MD
From: Bob Schutsky <info AT BIRDTREKS.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:19:14 -0400
Dear PABirders,

Late this afternoon I received a second-hand report of a Brown Pelican 
at Conowingo Dam, on the Susquehanna River, Harford/Cecil County, MD. 
The bird was seen floating on the water on the upriver side of the dam 
at about 3 PM today.  It was described exceedingly well by the person 
who was driving across the dam.

I got the report at 5 PM and was at Conowingo Dam by 5:20 PM.  I 
searched the easily accessible areas for almost an hour, with no luck. 
I also checked the tail race, the area below the dam.

Last year at almost this same time (Aug 2-3), a Brown Pelican was found 
  at the dam at 4 PM by my neighbors and was seen again there up until 7 
PM.  The next day I relocated what was presumably the same bird at about 
noon, 8 miles upriver near Peach Bottom.  It was seen up until 6-7 PM by 
more than a dozen people, but not after that or during the next few days 
of fruitless searching.

It is because of last year's observations that I am passing along 
today's information.  I hope that someone is able to relocate the Brown 
Pelican.

Sincerely,
BOB SCHUTSKY
Peach Bottom, PA