[MDOsprey] American White Pelican - MD sighting 8/18/199
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:19:52 -0400
Detoured on my back from a business meeting today to try for the pelican..
Sighted the bird from Jones Point (VA) from 12:55 pm to 1:05 pm.
I placed it in Maryland waters ... my notes on the location ...
Location:
· Sighted from Jones Point, VA
· Observing location approximately 100 feet north of Woodrow Wilson Bridge
· GPS coordinates of observing location = N38 47.6, W077 02.3
· Bearing: approximately 30 degrees counter-clockwise (to the
north)--sighted with GPS compass
· Estimated to be 8/10 of distance to opposite (MD) shore
· Past the far edge of the hydrilla bed
· When heading back to MD on the WW Bridge measured .2 mile from passing
the bird to the MD shore
· Per GPS placement of estimated location at the time of observation and
post analysis (that evening) of GPS and map data, this sighting was 400
feet into MD waters. [See attached map. (hardcopy)]
Phil
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Phil Davis
home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA
work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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