I took advantage of a day without obligations to visit Areas M and N of the  
Hoover Nature Preserve this afternoon. To my great surprise as I came to where 
 the trail in Area N opens to the reservoir there was an American White 
Pelican.  This was at about 2:00 PM. After as I was leaving the back area after 
checking  my nest boxes for any damage in the last wind storm, the pelican was 
now near  the west shore by Wiese Road and appeared to be swimming south along 
the west  shore.
 
Some other species of interest off Areas M and N where a Common Loon, about  
a dozen Double-crested Cormorants, Tree Swallows, Red-breasted Mergansers,  
Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Ruddy Ducks and two immature Bald Eagles.
 
Tomorrow, March 20th is the official start of spring according to the  
calendar. My official start of spring will be about April 20th when the  
Prothonotary Warblers return to Hoover from their wintering grounds. I received  an email 
from an acquaintance in Louisiana informing me that he saw his first  
Prothonotary Warbler there on March 17th and it was heading north with a “GO  BUCKS” 
banner.
 
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve   

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