BENICIA PELICAN LOG
2014
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Pelican Islands in Benicia, CA |
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June 20, 2014 (2:32pm)
13 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island.
June 19, 2014 (1:40pm)
5 white pelicans fishing in Southampton Bay just off West K Street.
June 17, 2014 (5:41pm)
1 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island at high tide.
June 16, 2014 (3:09pm)
10 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island.
June 14, 2014 (1:51pm, then 2:08pm)
1 brown pelican on Little Pelican Island, then 3 white pelicans in flight over the Strait along Port Costa shoreline.
June 14, 2014 (7:14am until 8:04am)
1 white pelican in flight over the Strait, seen from 9th Street / Alvarez Park. A little later, a few more. Then around 8am, at least a dozen white pelicans afloat on Southampton Bay off the far shore as seen from 9th Street / Alvarez Park.
June 6, 2014 (6:10pm)
3 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island.
June 5, 2014 (6:02pm)
4 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island.
June 4, 2014 (1:55pm)
At least 8 white pelicans - probably more - on Little Pelican Island and the mud flats at low tide. 1 white pelican flew east and landed very near shore between First Street and the Marina.
June 3, 2014 (5:48pm)
9 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island. 2 white pelicans and 1 brown pelican on Middle Pelican Island.
June 2, 2014 (6:08pm)
2 brown pelicans on Little Pelican Island.
June 1, 2014 (8:57am and 9:07am)
From a distance (East Military and East 3rd), Vaughn and I briefly saw 8-15 white pelicans aloft over the Carquinez Strait somewhere east of First Street. Then I drove down to the First Street Spit, and saw 15 white and one brown pelican on Little Pelican Island.
May 31, 2014 (5:21pm)
6 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island, and a big ship, off the foot of First Street. (Photo below - click to see the larger original.)
May 30, 2014 (5:40pm)
2 white pelicans and 3 brown pelicans on Little Pelican Island, foot of First Street.
May 22, 2014 (6:10pm)
10 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island, foot of First Street.
May 21, 2014 (4:40pm)
2 white pelicans on the rocks just off Little Pelican Island, foot of First Street.
May 18, 2014 (2:26pm)
2 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island, off the foot of First Street.
May 18, 2014 (2:24pm)
Seen from the foot of First Street, 3 in flight to the west low over the Bay, and 2 more very high above them, almost invisible.. (Photo below - click to see the larger original.)
May 15, 2014 (1:33pm)
5 white pelicans on Little Pelican Island, off the foot of First Street.
May 14, 2014 (10:14am)
6 white pelicans on the rocks off West K Street in Southampton Bay.
May 12, 2014 (8:18am)
5 white pelicans afloat near Dillon Point. One flew off solo to the east, past Port Costa, possibly heading for islands at foot of First Street.
May 10, 2014 (2:20pm)
4 white pelicans and 1 brown pelican on Little Pelican Island (foot of First Street).
May 8, 2014 (6:20pm)
6 pelicans on the eastern tip of Big Pelican Island and one more on Little Pelican Island (foot of First Street). The one took off and flew low over the water, beyond the Big Island and around back to land on the water between islands. A few minutes later, a 7th flew in low over the water from the East, landed on Little Pelican Island.
May 7, 2014 (1:57pm)
5 pelicans on Little Pelican Island off the foot of First Street. A few minutes later, a 6th, then a 7th flew in low over the water from the East, and joined the others. Gorgeous birds!
April 28, 2014 (5:31pm)
After Kids K, Vaughn and I spotted 2 pelicans on Little Pelican Island off the foot of First Street.
April 27, 2014 (12:20pm)
First sighting of the year - two pelicans on Little Pelican Island off the foot of First Street.