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From: Andy Guthrie <guthr...@gmail.com<mailto:guthr...@gmail.com>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] NEOTROPIC CORMORANT - Hamlin Beach (Monroe County) Date: August 14, 2013 1:46:58 PM EDT To: "NYSBIRDS (nysbird...@cornell.edu<mailto:nysbird...@cornell.edu>)" <nysbird...@cornell.edu<mailto:nysbird...@cornell.edu>> Reply-To: Andy Guthrie <guthr...@gmail.com<mailto:guthr...@gmail.com>> 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: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
