Birds of Note

All Records For Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican	1992	Jul-Sep	Erie	Still very exciting, but no longer a surprise, was the appearance of a Brown Pelican. The sighting was brought to the attention of the birding community via a radio talk-show, when the host announced that he had seen a pelican flying over Presque Isle Bay the previous day. A listener called in and reported that he had just seen the bird that morning, Jean & Jim Stull were also listening and immediately investigated and found the sighting to be authentic. It was subsequently seen by many boaters, but only 3 birders were fortunate enough to see it before it departed. This is the 1st state record documented with a photo (Fred Curtze)
Brown Pelican	1994	Oct-Dec	Bucks	1 at Bristol 9/23 (Bill Thompson)
Brown Pelican	2003	Aug-Nov	Wyoming	One 9/25 Lake Carey (J. Kilmer & SPitkin)
Brown Pelican	2008	Aug-Nov	Huntingdon	one emaciated juv. found dead at L. Raystown 11/5 was a first county record (Eva Wallner-Pendleton). The bird was found to have been captured and banded in Maryland on 7/15/2008.
Brown Pelican	2009	Aug-Nov	Lancaster	one on the Susquehanna River near Peach Bottom 8/3 (Bob Schutzky, doc submitted).
Brown Pelican	2011	Mar-May	Washington	one 4/13-14 at Boone Reservoir in Canonsburg (Kate Rodgers, m.ob., doc submitted), first county record.
Brown Pelican	2013	Aug-Nov	Montgomery	one over a suburban neighborhood in Roslyn 9/22 (Sue Sullivan, doc submitted).
Brown Pelican	2014	Mar-May	Huntingdon	one at Lake Raystown 5/19-26 (Molly Spangenberg, David Kyler, Trudy Kyler, Debra Grim, Greg Grove, Jon Kauffman, no doc).
Brown Pelican	2016	Aug-Nov	Susquehanna	a juv. discovered by a non-birder atLake Chrisann 8/21 stayed long enough to be seen by a few birders(ph. Tom Norville, no doc)
Brown Pelican	2018	Aug-Nov	Beaver	one juvenile at New Brighton 9/16 (ph. Mary DeVaughn fide Kate St. John) was seen until the morning of 9/18 by several other observers (no doc submitted)
Brown Pelican	2018	Aug-Nov	Erie	one around Presque Isle channel 8/6-9 (Nate Irwin fide Mark Lethaby, m.ob., no doc submitted).
Brown Pelican	2018	Aug-Nov	Bucks	one at Nockamixon SP 8/8-11 (ph. Paul Teese, m.ob. doc submitted)
Brown Pelican	2018	Mar-May	York	one at Shepperd-Myers Reservoir 5/22 (Robin Smith, et al., doc submitted- record accepted by PORC vote).
Brown Pelican	2020	Mar-May	Centre	one at Muddy Paws Marsh 4/8 (John Stoltzfus, fide Wayne Laubscher), first county record, no doc.
Brown Pelican	2020	Aug-Nov	Allegheny	one flying downstream on the Allegheny River at Tarentum 9/11 (Al Bowers, no doc)
Brown Pelican	2020	Aug-Nov	Cambria	one at Prince Gallitzin SP 8/1 (ph. Tony DeSantis, eBird, doc submitted)
Brown Pelican	2020	Aug-Nov	Erie	one photographed from a fishing boat off Gull Point 8/24 (fide Jennifer Ferrick, no doc).
Brown Pelican	2021	Jun-Jul	Philadelphia	one 6/4 flying by Pennypack on the Delaware (William Buzzard, ph).
Brown Pelican	2021	Mar-May	Philadelphia	one flew upriver at Navy Yard 4/21 (Holger Pflicke), no doc.
Brown Pelican	2023	Mar-May	Lancaster	one soaring over Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area 5/14 (Nancy Clupper, Tom Clupper), the same bird reappeared at the dam 5/18-19 (Steve Ferreri, m.ob.), doc submitted.
Brown Pelican	2023	Jun-Jul	Wayne	the same one seen and photographed from Wayne side of lake 6/6 (Michael Schall).
Brown Pelican	2023	Jun-Jul	Pike	seen at Lake Wallenpaupack on 6/6-7, and thanks to a local fisherman's posting on social media, several birders got to see this county-first bird (m.ob.)
Brown Pelican	2023	Mar-May	Bucks	one at the Penn-Warner Tract 5/18-19 (Jim Hartley, Dawn Denner), doc submitted
Brown Pelican	2023-2024	Nov-Feb	Philadelphia	one at NE WTP 12/31 (Patrick McGill) and one at Penn's Landing the same day (doc submitted for all).
Brown Pelican	2023-2024	Nov-Feb	Bucks	an immature at Penn-Warner Tract and nearby locations 1/1-7 (Devich Farbotnik, m.ob.), a third county record