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Posted by Donna Schulman on 13:29:05 01/22/10
I was with Steve and Trey last Sunday at Pelican Harbor and observed the visibly smaller cormorant fly by, right behind a double-crested cormorant. The small cormorant was, as Steve and Toe posted on 1/17, at least 25% smaller than the first one. None of us could see any white around the gap, but, if you recall, the light that day was extremely gray.
So, I was very interested to see a report on FloridaBirds of a Neotropical Cormorant sighted in Lake City, Florida. What are the chances that this is the same bird?
Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY + North Brunswick, NJ
Here is an excerpt from the report:
Coming down the main road (Lighthouse Road) from the St. Marks NWR visitor center, we passed the mud flats to the east, shortly after the mud flats there is a bare tree in one of the cells/ponds (Mounds Pool No. 1?) on the east side
of the road. This tree held an adult Neotropic Cormorant and several Double-crested Cormorants, and all in very close proximity to each other! We had great scope views with both species in one field of view for as long as we
liked. The light was perfect and the tree was only about 100 feet from the road, it was a superb look at both species together and the highlight of the Florida portion of our trip!
Good Birding All,
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA
eagleeyed AT bellsouth.net
http://neargareport.blogspot.com
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