[MDOsprey] White Pelican & Black Terns

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     Thursday evening post sunset (19 Aug, after 2000 EDT) there were two 
     Black Terns over the Hydrilla mat N of the Wilson Bridge.  (Other 
     observers had had sightings of single birds earlier in the evening.)
     
     After departing its perch on the large snag near the W edge of the mat 
     (the largely horizontal trunk that is obvious from Jones Point), the 
     White Pelican spent some time on the water much closer to the shore 
     downstream from Foxy Ferry Point.  For 7+ minutes around 2030, it was 
     flying upstream and downstream over the water East of the Hydrilla 
     mat, but it was back on the water before we left around 2040.
     
     This morning (Friday, 20 Aug) around 0725, the pelican was feeding off 
     the shore between Foxy Ferry Point and the (seeming) S end of the 
     I-295 bridge over the mouth of Oxon Creek.
     
     Sherman Suter
     Alexandria, VA 22307
     ssuter@aaas.org

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