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Posted by Trey Mitchell on 04:44:02 01/18/10
In Reply to: Common Eider at Pelican Harbor 01/17/10 posted by Wil Domke
Thank you Wil for reporting the Eider quickly... Even though I got there late and missed seeing the Eider up close from Pelican Harbor, I was able to see the bird on the other side of the intercostal through my scope from there and chased the bird to the other side and had great looks there.
I also had great looks at the Red-footed Booby.
Steve Siegel pointed out two Cormorants flying which had a huge size difference of about %25 overall in length/size. Our first thoughts were that this could be a Double-Crested and a Neotropic. Both of us watched the birds fly by and were looking for any white or lighter markings on the smaller bird and saw none.
After getting home I did a little research and found that Double-Crested Cormorants vary in length from 90-70cm, which is almost exactly 25%... So I guess they could have been two Double-crested at either extreme of their documented size, but the smaller could have been a Neotropic Cormorant as well.
Any thoughts about the Cormorants?
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