Jay just informed me that Marshall Iliff talked with a fisherman who saw the pelican flying north at 9 AM from Taughannock. So here is more info for people assessing where to look.
I saw the bird from very far away at 10x. I plainly saw a very long bill and slow wingbeats. It was much larger than any gulls. It had a short body, apparently brown, with chin tucked so bill pointed down. I saw no white on the bird. I explicitly ruled out herons or cormorants to myself before calling Jay and posting. I am pretty sure my ID is correct. But I have been very wrong before and would be glad to be wrong again if others can find it. Mark PS. It's cold here by the lighthouse... On Jun 6, 2015 10:19 AM, "Mark Chao" <markc...@imt.org> wrote: > At about 10:07 I saw the pelican flying up from the line of houses at the > SW corner of Cayuga Lake. I was and still am on the white lighthouse jetty > looking NW. I haven't yet refound the bird. Also Ruddy Turnstone on the > white lighthouse jetty. > > Mark Chao > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
