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American White Pelicans
- To: "Utah's Birdnet" <birdnet@utahbirds.org>
- Subject: American White Pelicans
- From: "William J. Hunter" <dixiewili at redrock dot net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:57:17 -0600
- Reply-to: "William J. Hunter" <dixiewili at redrock dot net>
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Title: American White Pelicans
OK! You're not going to believe this one.
As a follow-up to my last posting regarding the SunRiver pond, I mentioned American White Pelicans. Well... this evening about 8pm I get a call from a friend on the bluff overlooking the pond saying I've got to get there quick....
Too make a long story short, I counted on one count 341+ American White Pelicans on the water. I counted five times. I could not get an accurate count because of the moving of the "flotilla". Each count was over 300 and I think that 341 was conservative. One resident phoned me to say that "there were over 500 on the pond and that they came in in waves". Yea, well....
What can I say? AWESOME!!! For a desert community, St. George ain't half bad. I'm getting camera and going early in the morning to get pictures before they lift off.
Dixie Willie
St. George