Re: [SBB] American White Pelicans communal fishing

However, on Sunday (9/10), there was only one pelican at the dam. There was a very large group on the island at the northeast corner of the trail, but I didn't have time to walk out there since the sun was setting. Ducks there included scaup (probably lesser) and Northern Shovelers on Mayfield Slough (where there were also a few pelicans), and two Cinnamon Teal families near the Byxbee Park parking lot. I also heard three Clapper Rails at sunset.

On 9/11/06, Tom Merigan <[[email protected]]> wrote:

This weekend Joan and I were  up at Klamath NWR in Oregon and saw some
interesting behavior by American White Pelicans who were settled in at
Pelican Marina.  I was able to get a sequence of pictures which I put on my
Pbase website. They show the cooperative way these pelicans fish as a group
which is mentioned in Sibley.This avoids the kind of food fight with the
gulls  that can occur when when one pelican alone is fishing in this area
(which we also observed).http://www.pbase.com/merigan/image/66726314 This
hyperlink should get you to the first photo in the series and then by
clicking your mouse on the next command you should be able to serially
sequence yourself through the series of 8 pictures to follow the remarkable
action. I hope that it is of enough interest in be submitted to SBB because
we have this species in our area.   Tom Merigan

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	>[SBB] American White Pelicans communal fishing (From: Tom Merigan <[[email protected]]>)