[EBB Sightings] Mystery birds

How about White Pelicans? Saw a group circling before flying off above 
Sycamore Park in Livermore a couple weeks ago.

John H. Harris
Professor of Biology
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
(510) 430-2027
johnh at mills.edu


On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Cymie Payne wrote:

> I saw an extraordinary sight on Monday, around 1:00 pm: about 40 large pale 
> birds with very dark primary and secondary feathers flying together, 
> continuously swirling in a funnel shape as though they were kettling but not 
> gaining altitude and moving pretty rapidly from north to south above 
> Berkeley.  They didn't have the jizz of a raptor, though I wouldn't rule that 
> out entirely.  Unfortunately, I was in a meeting, looking out the window, and 
> so I couldn't leap up for a better view.
> I'm hoping someone can identify what I saw, based on the behavior and 
> distinctive markings -
> Thanks for your help -
> 
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