A wet afternoon our on Semiahmoo Spit with a Brown Pelican

[Eric Ellingson]

Hello birders,

Despite the wet and windy conditions, there was plenty of bird activity today at Semiahmoo. The highlight was a juvenile Brown Pelican doing a flyby; it has been in the area since at least midday Monday.

I have compiled a video featuring the pelican, along with several other sightings:

https://youtu.be/56j6FIpzSac  1:44

- A Cormorant attempting to swallow a fish that was too large

- A Horned Grebe in breeding plumage

- A Belted Kingfisher shaking off the rain

- A very wet juvenile Bald Eagle

- Western Grebes

Also of note were the numerous (75) Common Mergansers on the beach along Semiahmoo Bay & lots of Bonaparte's Gulls .

Best,

Eric Ellingson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/

[Margarette Grant]

WOW! Many thanks