I loaded some photos up from the pouring rain of the Brown Pelicans en masse. 
 
In the photos I took it is tough to tell the sheer volume. Bradley took a photo with a P-n-S at wide angle. We were able to count 82 BRPEs in the photo. This didn't include the birds that were resting on a distant dock, nor did it include the good number of birds afloat. 
 
The high-count of Brown Pelican in MD for the winter season (dec through feb) in MD is 60 birds (eBird data). That number was double the second-highest total (30). 
 
This was quite spectacular to witness! 
 
Some photos here: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thrasher72/with/6588139191/ 
 
Jon Corcoran 
Catonsville, MD 
 
 
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Blackwater and Hoopers Island 
 
Birds of interest: 
 
Blackwater: 
Lots of Northern Pintail 
19 American White Pelican 
21 Greater Yellowlegs 
7 Forster's Tern 
And of course, a lot of Bald Eagles 
 
Hooper's Island: 
 100 + Brown Pelicans at Tyler's Cove  
 
Pictures were taken. 
 
Bradley Cernohorsky  
Baltimore, MD 
 
 
 
 
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