Thursday, August 16, 2012

American White Pelican at Jamaica Bay Queens NY...

Coming on the heels of the Two Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) at Jones Beach on Sunday, it was pretty cool to get a AWPE a few days later.  Here is a photo of the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), I found on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, on Tuesday August 14th.  Although the bird took off for the bay later on in the morning around 11:45 a.m., I found it back on the pond in the evening.  However, I did not see it Wednesday morning and the jury is out on whether it continued on its way or is around nearby and will return to the pond.


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