Hopefully the Brown Pelicans use the top-off in fuel to head south instead of pulling another 2009/2010 fiasco. - Mark Brazelton Hobby Birder Medford, Oregon On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There has been a spectacular display of pelicans, loons and shearwaters > occurring in the nearshore surf between the Necanicum Estuary and Del > Rey Beach. I spent about an hour and a half watching the thousands of > birds from the dune ridge next to the Del Rey parking lot. > > http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/ > > We believe the fish they are catching is SURF SMELT (though we have not > seen them up close). > > > > -- > Mike Patterson > Astoria, OR > On watch in the Seawatch > http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1506 > > > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol > Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol > Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >