[EBB Sightings] American White Pelicans, Lake Merritt, Oakland

Stephanie Benavidez, the City of Oakland Naturalist, confirmed that 10 of them are wild, paying a visit to Hank, the disabled resident.  She said one to two have been around since early June, and now that I think about it, I did see two last week, but forgot to report them.

Glen Tepke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hilary Powers" 
To: "ebbsightings" 
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:44:02 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] American White Pelicans, Lake Merritt, Oakland

Glen Tepke wrote:
> There were 11 American White Pelicans in Lake Merritt in Oakland this
> morning, on the Lakeshore Ave. side, near the intersection with
> Hanover.  I'm guessing (hoping) that there haven't been that many
> releases from rehab, and at least some of them are wild birds that
> got there under their own power.  If so, they are the first countable
> white pelicans in Oakland for me.

I saw them yesterday (checking the lake for tomorrow's GGAS 
4th-Wednesday walk) in the bird paddock, and I'm inclined to agree. Many 
of them looked like juvenile birds, with that dusting of gray along 
their wings. Last year, three or four passing White Pelicans spent a few 
days visiting with the local rescue bird around this time - perhaps 
they're back, and brought the kiddies....

Haveta ask one of the regular workers, if I can find one.

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