There's an immature Brown Pelican off of Buffalo on the Niagara River. Been there for 4 or 5 days now. Was spotted today. Short drive for those up in NE Ohio and Western PA. On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > News for chasers from Allen Chartier... > BW > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Fwd: Brown Pelican > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:24:17 -0400 > From: Allen Chartier <[log in to unmask]> > To: Whan, Bill <[log in to unmask]>, brumfield, jen > <[log in to unmask]> > > I am not currently subscribed to Ohio-Birds, but received the report > (below) from a very competent birder. I suspect that more than a few > birders would want to try to chase... > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: [log in to unmask] > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website: www.amazilia.net > Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > _ , > -====;o`\/ } > \-'\-'----. > \ |-..-'` > /\/\ > `--` > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lathe Claflin <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:58 AM > Subject: Re: Brown Pelican > To: Allen Chartier <[log in to unmask]> > > > Allen, around 9:10 am this Friday morning Kathy and I saw a Brown Pelican > fly in and land a post near water's edge. The bird was about 50 yds away > from us. It stayed there for a minute and flew NW up the shore about 100 > yds and landed on another post. Then it flew NW up the beach. We are > staying at a house on Lake Erie,11985 Dyke Road, Curtice, OH. The bird is > not here though. ID was easy because it was so close and I have seen many > Brown and American Whites in my travels. Quite a surprise! > Lathe > > On Jun 2, 2017 9:25 AM, "Allen Chartier" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Every birder in Ohio will want to see that! Are you subscribed to >> Ohio-Birds? >> >> Allen T. Chartier >> Inkster, Michigan >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/ >> Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com >> Website: www.amazilia.net >> Sent from my Droid >> >> On Jun 2, 2017 9:17 AM, "Lathe Claflin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Allen, >>> We just had a Brown Pelican catch a fish in front of the beach house we >>> are staying in. It's in Curtice OH which is near Oregon. Isn't this >>> unusual? >>> Lathe >>> >>> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/members > hip.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]