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Photo © Kent Miller some rights reserved
Atwood Lake (Google, OSM) Out of range!
Carroll, US-OH, US, NA
40.5424902, -81.2505066
Accuracy: 5985m
open

Description

distant shot of Ohio's 6th or 7th record of this species

Aug. 28, 2012 14:06:23 -0400
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Comments & Identifications

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Brown Pelican - Photo (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
hartvillestuff's ID: Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Posted by hartvillestuff 9 months ago (Flag)
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Wow!

Posted by rcurtis 9 months ago (Flag)
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weird, why was it so far inland?

Posted by charlie 6 months ago (Flag)
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No one's quite sure. They sometimes blow inland with tropical storms but this one was ahead of all those. They have a history of a few birds wandering far from the coast, especially young birds like this one.

Posted by hartvillestuff 6 months ago (Flag)
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Brown Pelican - Photo (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
vfazio's ID: Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Posted by vfazio 3 months ago (Flag)
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Identification Summary

Brown Pelican - Photo (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
hartvillestuff's ID: Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown Pelican - Photo (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
vfazio's ID: Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

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