California Brown Pelican in British Columbia
Journal
Condor
Volume
16
Issue
2 (March-April)
Year
1914
Pages
92
Section
From Field and Study
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California Brown Pelican in British Columbia
On July 18, 1913, about 10 A. M., between Alert Bay, Johnson Straits, and Round Island, east entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, I saw a California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus californicus). The weather had been very warm, dry and clear; but a dense fog that morning had, for safety’s sake, necessitated the “Spokane” to lie at anchor at Alert Bay from five to nine A. M. After it cleared and we were under full steam again, we passed a low, narrow sandbar upon which the Pelican stood surrounded by a flock of sea gulls. With my field glasses I had a long and most satisfactory study of him, in his characteristic (profile) pose, with his neck and bill forming an inverted V.
MRS. F. T. BICKNELL
Los Angeles, california.
