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Birds of Note All Records For Brown Pelican
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| 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 | Erie | one around Presque Isle channel 8/6-9 (Nate Irwin fide Mark Lethaby, m.ob., no 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 | 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 | Bucks | one at Nockamixon SP 8/8-11 (ph. Paul Teese, m.ob. doc submitted) |
| 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 | Erie | one photographed from a fishing boat off Gull Point 8/24 (fide Jennifer Ferrick, no doc). |
| Brown Pelican | 2020 | Aug-Nov | Cambria | one at Prince Gallitzin SP 8/1 (ph. Tony DeSantis, eBird, doc submitted) |
| 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 | 2021 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one flew upriver at Navy Yard 4/21 (Holger Pflicke), no doc. |
| Brown Pelican | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | one 6/4 flying by Pennypack on the Delaware (William Buzzard, ph). |
| Brown Pelican | 2023 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at the Penn-Warner Tract 5/18-19 (Jim Hartley, Dawn Denner), doc submitted |
| 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 | 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 | Jun-Jul | Wayne | the same one seen and photographed from Wayne side of lake 6/6 (Michael Schall). |