Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican in flight

10 Jun 2012, Boston. Photo by R. Schain.

28 records

MARC numberDecisionCountLocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversNotesReport
1988-005A1Nahant BeachEssex11/22/198811/22/1988C. Wasserman( (specimen); Jeremiah Trimble ((ph. of specimen)16
1993-002NA1Miller's River (along Route 2), ErvingFranklin3/21/19933/21/19931
1995-005A1Wingaersheek Beach, GloucesterEssex6/11/19956/12/1995J. Axelrod, H. Lacey2
2010-031A1Wood's Hole, FalmouthBarnstable8/5/20108/5/2010Rachel Farrell* (ph)15
2011-055A1Cuttyhunk Island--harborDukes8/30/20119/12/2011E. Hierta (ph), B. Slade† (ph), B. Weir (ph)17
2012-066A1first in Lobster Cove, Gloucester, second at Jodrey Fish PierEssex6/5/20126/5/2012J. Barber†* (ph), Robert Stymeist (ph)at its October 2024 annual meeting the MARC voted to treat these two records as pertaining to the same individual, given the species's rarity on the North Shore, the apparently identical near adult plumage of both birds, and the close concoidence of dates between the two records17
2012-067A1Castle Island, BostonSuffolk6/9/20126/30/2012B. Mackey (ph), Ryan Schain (ph), m. ob.SAME BIRD ISSUES: at its October 2024 annual meeting the MARC voted to treat these two records as pertaining to the same individual, given the species's rarity on the North Shore, the apparently identical near adult plumage of both birds, and the close concoidence of dates between the two records17
2015-026A1South Beach, ChathamBarnstable8/31/20158/31/2015Matt Malin* (ph)20
2015-029A1Low Beach, SiasconsetNantucket1/1/20151/1/2015Vernon Laux* (ph)20
2017-050A1Crane Beach, Ipswich (5/6), Annisquam (5/6), Point of Pines, Revere (5/8)Essex/Suffolk5/6/20175/8/2017Nathan Dubrow* (ph), Robert Sherman* (ph), Eric Harrison* (ph)the MARC still needs to consider whether any or all records from Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk Counties might be combined as involving the same individual21
2017-051A1 or 2Newburyport to Cape AnnEssex6/17/20177/30/2017Michael Densmore* (ph), Rick Heil (ph), Max McCarthy (ph)the MARC still needs to consider whether any or all records from Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk Counties might be combined as involving the same individual21
2017-052A1SquantumNorfolk7/7/20177/7/2017Matt Garvey* (ph)the MARC still needs to consider whether any or all records from Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk Counties might be combined as involving the same individual21
2017-053A1Great PointNantucket7/1/20177/1/2017Allison Renaud* (ph)21
2017-130A1Nahant--Swallow Cove to Castle Island & Pleasure Bay areaEssex/Suffolk9/11/201711/7/2017Christian Bauta* (ph); Linda Pivacek*22
2017-131A1Sandy Neck Beach to Scusset Beach State ReservationBarnstable11/9/201711/14/2017Peter Crosson* (ph)22
2018-025A1Manomet PointPlymouth6/11/20186/11/2018Ted Bradford* (ph), Sebastian Jones* (ph)22
2018-039A1Nauset Light Beach, EasthamBarnstable7/29/20187/29/2018Tim Spahr†*, Brian Harris*23
2019-020A1Monomoy NWR--Morris IslandBarnstable5/11/20195/11/2019Sonya Silk*, Kristina McOmber*, Keelin Miller (ph)23
2019-064A1Inlet at Coskata Pond, NantucketNantucket8/24/20198/24/2019Diane Lang* (ph)24
2019-088A1Great Point, NantucketNantucket7/16/20197/16/2019Blair Perkins* (ph)24
2019-094A1Salem Ferry Dock, SalemEssex9/7/20199/7/2019Chris Semmelink* (ph)24
2019-133A1Mayo Beach, WellfleetBarnstable12/18/201912/18/2019Jim Sweeney (ph)24
2020-019A4Dumpling Rocks off Round Hill Point, Buzzards BayBristol6/5/20206/5/2020Mike Sylvia* (ph)24
2020-022NA1Manomet Point, ManometPlymouth6/8/20206/8/2020[this record was not in the database, since none of the Not Accepted records from that report were preserved in the DB; we re-entered it from the 24th report]24
2020-033A1Lecount Hollow Beach, WellfleetBarnstable4/10/20204/10/2020Brad Kaplan*, Mark Griffin* (ph)24
2020-041A1Race Point, ProvincetownBarnstable6/7/20206/7/2020Blair Nikula* (ph)24
2022-082A1MuskegetNantucket7/27/20227/27/2022Sam Kefferstan* (ph)27
2022-089A1New Bedford HarborBristol10/22/202210/22/2022Matt Eckerson* (ph), m. ob.27