[obol] Re: Brown Pelicans headed south, Lincoln City 10-24-2014
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: d_villa@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:15:28 -0700
from North Point, Depoe Bay:
The slight SE breeze has resulted in a far different experience than what Phil
Pickering saw yesterday.
As Dawn noted, there has been a massive southerly movement of Brown Pelicans
and Doubled-crested Cormorants today. The ocean is littered with Northern
Phalaropes, and there has been a dribbling of Heerman's Gulls ands California
Gulls. There are also a few Bonaparte's Gulls in the mix. The only alcids
that I have seen are Common Murres and a single Rhinoceros Auklet.
A large raft of kelp had 7 Arctic Terns on it, and one ELEGANT TERN flew by to
the south.
A small light-bellied Peregrine Falcon came by low over the ocean. It seemed
to be hunting for phalaropes.
Jeff Gilligan
On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:32 AM, d_villa@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Steady movement of BROWN PELICANS all morning. Stopped for a few minutes to
> count, got up to 160 in about 2 minutes. Small to medium sized groups, mostly
> single file just above the surf.
>
> Other movement includes DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, PACIFIC LOON, and CACKLING
> GEESE (one flock of about 50-60), a few HEERMANN'S with the Pelicans. . On
> the water Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters (not seeing any Black this
> morning), Pacific and Common Loons, Brandt's Cormorant and little black dots
> further out.
>
> Water is calm, visibility decent but haven't had time to get out and scope.
>
> dawn v
> Lincoln City/Nelscott
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