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American White Pelican 1992 Oct-Dec Philadelphia 1 near Ft. Mifflin 10/3 (Al Guarente)
American White Pelican 1992 Jul-Sep Philadelphia One was seen in the Ft. Mifflin area 8/14-19 (Bob Schutsky, et al). There are approximately 20 records for the state, probably the 1st SE PA record since 1928
American White Pelican 1993 Oct-Dec Lancaster 2 on 8/22 at the Susquehanna R. Conejohela Flats (Jerry Book, Tom Garner, ph, Eric Witmer)
American White Pelican 1995 Apr-Jun Erie 4 on 5/15-19, with 1 present until 5/21, at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
American White Pelican 1996 Oct-Dec Montour the 3 birds from the previous quarter stayed until 10/2
American White Pelican 1996 Oct-Dec Montour 3 on 9/23-30 at Montour Preserve was a 1st county record (m. obs.)
American White Pelican 1996 Oct-Dec Lycoming 21 on 9/22 at Indian Park in Montoursville is a record number for the state (no details) (Charlie Schwarz)
American White Pelican 1997 Apr-Jun Lancaster 1 on 5/17-18 at Washington Boro (Randy Miller, et al)
American White Pelican 1998 Apr-Jun Erie 3 on 5/18 at Presque Isle SP (Deuane Hoffman)(no details)
American White Pelican 1998 Jan-Mar Erie 1 on 3/22-27 at Presque Isle SP (Dave Darney, Debbie Yovanovich)
American White Pelican 1999 Oct-Dec Fayette 1 on 11/7 at Jacob's Creek Lake (Randi Gerrish, et al)
American White Pelican 1999 Oct-Dec Montour 1 on 8/24 at Montour Preserve (Robert Bleiler)
American White Pelican 1999 Apr-Jun Somerset 1 on 5/18-19 at Somerset Lake was a 1st county record (PFBC Personnel)
American White Pelican 2001 Jul-Sep Erie 1 adult on 7/19 at Presque Isle (J. McWilliamSPhoto)
American White Pelican 2001 Jul-Sep Crawford Adult on 7/19 at Pymatuning Lake between the Linesville Fish Hatchery and Ford Island by Ron and Robert Leberman
American White Pelican 2001 Apr-Jun Centre 1 during mid-April at Bald Eagle State Park (Dan Snell, Don & Robyn Henise)
American White Pelican 2002 Aug-Nov Crawford 1 on 10/14 at the Jamestown Area of Pymatuning Lake
American White Pelican 2003 Aug-Nov Crawford One 8/30 Linesville Fish Hatchery (R. Leberman)
American White Pelican 2003 Jun-Jul Erie 1 on 7/8 at Presque Isle SP and subsequently seen by many observers on 7/11 and 7/12 (Ben Coulter)
American White Pelican 2004 Mar-May Lawrence 1 at Black Swamp 3/26 (Bill Etter)
American White Pelican 2004 Mar-May Northumberland 1 on the Susquehanna River, seen from Selinsgrove and Herndon 4/26-27 (Mick Brown, Deuane Hoffman)
American White Pelican 2004 Mar-May Westmoreland 1 at Keystone SP 5/25-27 was a first county record (Karen Jackson, Mark McConaughy).
American White Pelican 2004 Aug-Nov Mercer Five were flybys at Williamson Rd. 8/2 (Neil Troyer)
American White Pelican 2004 Mar-May Erie 1 at Presque Isle SP 5/8-9 (Ben Coulter)
American White Pelican 2004 Mar-May Clinton 1 flying over Kettle Creek SP 5/11 was a first county record (John Freund)
American White Pelican 2005 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR at Tinicum 11/5 (Denis Brennan, Brian Byrnes, m. obs.)
American White Pelican 2005 Jun-Jul Erie one discovered by tour boat operator Terry Smith at Gull Point on Presque Isle 7/13
American White Pelican 2005 Jun-Jul Crawford two observed 6/3 flying near the spillway of Pymatuning Reservoir and again seen 6/11 (Jack Christman, Ron Leberman, Mark Vass); and an immature was seen at the Fish Hatchery 7/25 (Ron Leberman, Robert Leberman)
American White Pelican 2005 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 4/29
American White Pelican 2005 Mar-May Crawford one near the Pymatuning Lake Spillway 5/28 (Marvin Byler, Gene Butcher, Suzanne Butcher, Neil Troyer)
American White Pelican 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Montgomery One bird at Green Lane reservoir 12/14-16 (Len and Judy Hillegas) a first county record.
American White Pelican 2007 Mar-May Dauphin one 5/28 near Perdix (reported by a fisherman). It was relocated 5/29 on the Susquehanna R. about a mile south of the Clarks Ferry Bridge (Chuck Chalfant Deuane Hoffman et al.)
American White Pelican 2007 Jun-Jul Warren On the Allegheny River 6/3 in Starbrick (Jack Hamlin John Schultz William Hill).
American White Pelican 2007 Jun-Jul Lancaster one near the Peach Bottom Power Plant 5/31 (Michael Sankovich) and 6/1 (Bob Schutsky).
American White Pelican 2010 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle StatePark 5/15 (Jimmy Marz, m.ob.).
American White Pelican 2011 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/23-24 (Michele Franz), and possibly the same bird 5/29 (Scott Kinzey)
American White Pelican 2011 Mar-May Mercer one at the Lake Wilhelm marina 4/25 (ph. Scott Kinzey).
American White Pelican 2011 Aug-Nov Crawford one near Ford Island 10/17-11/5 (Scott Kinzey).
American White Pelican 2012 Mar-May Somerset one at Somerset Lake 3/24-25 (Mike Lanzone, Jeff Payne, Carolyn LaBute).
American White Pelican 2013 Aug-Nov Bucks 2 at the Penn-Warner Tract 11/2 (Jim Hartley) with one to 11/3 (ph. Steve Smith)
American White Pelican 2013 Aug-Nov Dauphin 3 on Haldeman Island 11/13 (Steve Bernardi, Scott Bills).
American White Pelican 2014 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at the Conejohela Flats 9/17-20 (Mike Epler, Tim Becker).
American White Pelican 2015 Jun-Jul Erie 2 at Gull Point 6/8-10 (Jerry McWilliams, Sara Sargent).
American White Pelican 2015 Mar-May Lancaster two at the Conejohela Flats 4/11-13 (Bruce Carl, et al.).
American White Pelican 2015 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/9 (George Armistead)
American White Pelican 2016 Aug-Nov Indiana a flock of 35-40 over Lewisville 9/21 (Marcy Cunkleman)
American White Pelican 2016 Aug-Nov Erie one found moribund near the Harborcreek-Interstate 90 junction 10/11 later died at a rehabilitation (fide Gina Kron)
American White Pelican 2016 Mar-May Allegheny two flying over Duck Hollow 4/2 (Tom Moeller, Nancy Moeller, Todd Ladner), Erie
American White Pelican 2016 Aug-Nov York 35 over Rocky RidgeCounty Park 9/22 (Ken Orvis, Fred Paley, Randy Phillips).
American White Pelican 2017 Jun-Jul Mercer one in flight heading northeast at Williams Rd. late on 6/13 provided 4th county record for Mercer (Neil Troyer)
American White Pelican 2017 Mar-May Crawford 3 at the Pymatuning LakeCauseway 5/23 (Ross Gallardy, Jeff McDonald)
American White Pelican 2017 Aug-Nov York one continued from summer at Cordorus SP to 8/3 (m.ob.).
American White Pelican 2017 Jun-Jul York one at Codorus SP first reported by a fisherman 7/24 (Steve Scarff) was found there next day (m.ob.), then apparently spent a few days at a nearby pond before returning to Codorus SP. last seen 8/3.
American White Pelican 2017 Mar-May Montour one at the Montour Preserve 4/24 (Wayne Stahl).
American White Pelican 2017 Mar-May Erie one in Fairview Twp. 5/15 (Leonard Graf)
American White Pelican 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Lancaster one on Susquehanna R. 2/25 (Mike Epler, m.ob.)
American White Pelican 2018 Mar-May Lancaster one at Conejohela Flats 4/15-16 (Tom Garner, m.ob.)
American White Pelican 2018 Mar-May Northumberland one at Redman Acres Road 4/23 (Karol Pasquinelli).
American White Pelican 2019 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle SP 4/6-7 (m.ob.).
American White Pelican 2019 Mar-May Centre 3 at Bald Eagle SP 5/31 (James Hubler)
American White Pelican 2019 Mar-May Butler one at Lake Oneida 4/14 (Robert Martz)
American White Pelican 2019 Aug-Nov Tioga one at Husted Pond in Roseville 8/17 (Kyle Loughner).
American White Pelican 2019 Aug-Nov Somerset 2 at the Meyersdale Sewage Treatment Ponds 10/29-30 (fide Elmer Brenemann)
American White Pelican 2019 Aug-Nov Erie one at Harborcreek 8/25 (Andrea Lucarotti fide Michele Franz), was likely the same bird seen again at Gull Point 8/28 (Logan Kahle), and one at the Presque Isle channel 10/23-24 (Shannon Thompson)
American White Pelican 2019 Aug-Nov Crawford one or 2 at Pymatuning spillway 9/19-27 (RL, et al.) and 5 there 9/28-29 (Tomas Nonnenmacher, et al.)
American White Pelican 2019 Jun-Jul Delaware five seen over Haverford College on evening of 6/4 (Kristen Johnson, Sheryl Johnson) and relocated 6/6 on Delaware River (Rob Fergus)
American White Pelican 2019 Jun-Jul Erie three appeared for a single day 6/2 at Gull Point for first county June record (Mary Birdsong)
American White Pelican 2019 Jun-Jul York flock of 20 photographed at Codorus SP 7/4-5 (m.ob.).
American White Pelican 2020 Jun-Jul Dauphin observed flying above Rachel Carson State Office Building-Harrisburg 6/8 (Ted Nichols III)
American White Pelican 2020 Jun-Jul Lancaster seen at various points on Susquehanna River Lake Clarke 6/6-15 (Daniel Hinnesbusch , m.ob.).
American White Pelican 2020 Aug-Nov Crawford one at Ford Island 10/14 (Ron Leberman).
American White Pelican 2020 Mar-May Lancaster one at Conejohela Flats 5/18 (Bruce Carl), two near Falmouth 5/29 (Annette Mathes).
American White Pelican 2021 Mar-May Mercer one at Shenango Propagation Area 5/3 (Michael Williams).
American White Pelican 2021 Jun-Jul Erie seen over Erie 6/20 (Tess Rhinehart), over baseball stadium same day, and through 6/23 at Gull Point (Jerry McWilliams, m.ob.)
American White Pelican 2021 Jun-Jul Tioga two at Hammond Lake 6/12 (Chris Niemczyk).
American White Pelican 2021 Jun-Jul Crawford one at Pymatuning S.P.- Spillway 6/19 (Joshua Heiser, Tomas Nonnenmacher, Ken Pinnow) and 6/20 (Chuck Gehringer, Michael Williams)
American White Pelican 2021 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle SP 5/4-5 (Ruth Swaney, Jerry McWilliams) and 14 there 5/26 (Jerry McWilliams)
American White Pelican 2021 Mar-May Centre one at Bald Eagle SP 4/16-18 (Michelle Smithbauer, et al.), third county record
American White Pelican 2021 Mar-May Bedford one at Shawnee SP 4/12-18 (Aimee Benitez, Whitney Territo, John Manard)
American White Pelican 2021 Mar-May Cambria one at Prince Gallitzin SP 4/12 (Renee Lubert)
American White Pelican 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Huntingdon one seen high above the Lake Raystown visitor's center 2/28 (Alicia Palmer), also seen on the water a few days earlier, a first county record.
American White Pelican 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Fayette one flying over Green Run Lake 2/26 (Kerry Bell)
American White Pelican 2022 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at Conejohela Flats 8/23-34 (Warren Brubaker, doc submitted).
American White Pelican 2022 Mar-May Clearfield one at Curwensville Lake 4/24-25 (John Forcey, Jerod Skebo)
American White Pelican 2022 Mar-May Lycoming flock of 13 at Williamsport Dam 5/18-19 (Maddi Dunlap, et al.), second county record.
American White Pelican 2023 Mar-May Clinton one at Ohl/McElhatten Reservoir near Logantown 5/27 (Amos Hershberger), no doc
American White Pelican 2023 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 4/26-27 (fide Jennifer Ferrick), no doc
American White Pelican 2023 Mar-May Fayette a flock of 45 soaring over Farmington 4/4 (Ryan Mathus, David Burleson, Patrick Woodstar), doc submitted
American White Pelican 2023 Mar-May Philadelphia one in the Germantown area 5/1 (Liam Hart, Patrick, McGill), doc submitted.
American White Pelican 2023 Jun-Jul Berks reported by an unnamed kayaker to Mike Slater on the morning of 6/16 on Blue Marsh Lake (Russell Hoffman), confirmed flying later that morning (Matt Wlasniewski) and later found on nearby E. J. Breneman Quarry until early on 6/18 (Joe Beatrice)
American White Pelican 2023 Jun-Jul Delaware one was photographed soaring over a Garnet Valley yard 6/26 (Ethan Kang)
American White Pelican 2023 Jun-Jul Lancaster one loafed around Susquehanna River Lake Clarke from 7/16 through the period (Nina Wolf, Warren Wolf, m.ob.)
American White Pelican 2023 Jun-Jul Northampton one was photographed on a boat dock on the Delaware R. at Riverton 6/27 (Mary Sue Gulick).
American White Pelican 2023 Aug-Nov Lancaster one continued from the summer on the Susquehanna River, Lake Clarke to 8/15 (m.ob.), DOC.
American White Pelican 2024 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/13-26 (Jack Naglick, Julia Chojnacki, Cassandra Chojnacki, Christy Hibsch, m.ob.), five there 5/25 (Eric Hall), doc submitted for all.
American White Pelican 2024 Jun-Jul Crawford one reported at the Pymatuning SP Spillway 6/9 (Thomas C Nicolls)
American White Pelican 2024 Jun-Jul Erie a flock of eight flew over the south pier on 6/19 (John DePaul)
American White Pelican 2024 Jun-Jul Mercer found and photographed at the Shenango Wildlife Area Propagation Ponds 6/11 (Ken Gundaker), present through 6/15 (Mark Vass, Mimi Hoffmaster).