I too was watching the pelicans this morning, but from Carver MN. I estimate that we saw over a thousand pass over in groups ranging from 40 to 80. Based on direction from which they were coming I believe they were coming out of Louisville Swamp in Jordan. By 10:30 I had shot all my film and needed to run some errands. I did notice sometime after noon another group of 40 or so fly over.
Annette R Carver, MN Mike Elling <mike.elling at metc.state.mn.us> wrote: As the day began to warm today the White Pelicans have been lifting off of nearby Pigs Eye Lake and moving out. Groups of 50-100+ have been flying off all morning starting about 8:30 or so. I'm guessing I have seen close to a thousand or more this morning and I haven't been watching all that closely. I just have happened to notice them out of my office window. Unfortunately, they frown on paying me to bird all morning instead of my real job! This has all been taking place along the Mississippi River just downriver from downtown St. Paul, at the Metro Sewage Treatment Plant (old Pig's Eye). It has been quite a sight. Mike Elling Ramsey County at work along the Mississippi River just downriver from downtown St. Paul _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net at cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-net_moumn.org --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070416/1f2343d4/attachment.html
