From around 5:30 - 6:00 pm another birder and I saw both these birds at the north end of the East Pond. I too entered at the NW corner path through the phragmites. The water level is fairly high, and I did go beyond that NW corner.
The pelican was maybe 800 feet away, but we got good looks in the Questar. I did not see anything wrong with the left eye. The upper mandible has the prominent "breeding bulge" about 1/3 of the way up from the tip. The phalarope was quite close at one point, then flew down by the pelican. Earlier I searched the bay north of the East Pond and saw no pelicans. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --