[Bristol-Birds] Re: Brown Pelican - Washington County, VA
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx>, <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:14:12 -0400
Tom,
To the best of my knowledge, your Brown Pelican seen flying over I-81 in
Washington Co., Va is the region's first record for the species. I think there
is only one such record for the western part of Virginia and that was from the
James River in Amherst Co. in July 1998. For that matter, I suppose there are
only a couple of records of the White Pelican for far Southwest Virginia and
both from South Holston Lake (1991 & 2006). Maybe someone can provide us any
addition records that I can't find at this hour. That is a very nice find.
Perhaps someone can find that bird in the area Friday or this weekend.
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Hunter
To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: July 30, 2009 10:08
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Brown Pelican - Washington County, VA
This afternoon while traveling South on I-81 near milepost 10 I saw a
pelican flying South towards South Holston Lake. I was unable to stop to get a
better look but based on the flying profile and the size it was a Brown
Pelican. I checked Clear Creek Lake and the pond at Exit 10 on my way back
several hours lter but did not relocate the bird.
Tom
Tom & Laverne Hunter
Russell County Bird Club
Lebanon, VA
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