[Tweeters] American White Pelicans in Padilla Bay

[Jackie Owens]

There definitely seems to be an abundance of fish. I have seen the hundreds of herons (which is lovely) as well as the pelicans. This morning an osprey was displaying hunting skill by hovering and diving like a tern for a fish that seemed to be small, maybe greenish with stripes? Anyway, not great with fish identification, but they do seem to be abundant there.

Jackie Owens
Sedro Woolley



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> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:16:10 -0700

> From: Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns at gmail.com>

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> The number of American White Pelicans in Padilla Bay would indicate an

> abundance of food fish. I had come to that conclusion, when I observed 300

> to 400 Great Blue Herons feeding north of Bayview State Park in a tidal

> pool back in May. This easily was the largest concentration of herons I

> have ever seen. Does anybody know what the pelicans are feeding on?

> 

> Good Birding!

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> Hans

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> On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 7:07 PM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>

> wrote:

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> > But no hints of breeding? What a waste if they?re not, perhaps over on

> > this side because of the persistent drought in the Great Basin. Wouldn?t

> > the islands in the Swinomish Channel make a great place for White Pelicans

> > to breed? Or maybe there are just too many boaters for that.

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> > Dennis Paulson

> > Seattle

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> > On Jun 19, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Cathy Scott <catsbow at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > I'm excited to say that there are at least 179 American White Pelicans in

> > Padilla Bay now!  You can read a history and see photos and videos on the

> > Facebook page I created after they arrived in late spring of 2016.  They

> > only stay during spring to early fall.

> > https://www.facebook.com/groups/1282844938437901

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