This morning I photographed a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT flying west at Hamlin Beach. It was with about 25 Double-crested Cormorants (DCCO) and I got several photographs with DCCOs for comparison. The Neotropic immediately looked smaller and longer-tailed, and these points are apparent in the photos as well as the more limited, sharply-angled gular patch coming to a point at the rear; smaller bill; dark lores; and hint of white feathering at the rear of the facial skin.
Unedited photographs are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44406668@N06/ This would be a first state record pending NYSARC acceptance. Thanks to Marshall Iliff, Willie D'Anna and Jim Pawlicki for comments on the ID. Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
