[cayugabirds-l] Flock of cormorants

[Nancy Cusumano]

This morning about 9:45 as I was driving Rt 89 along Cass Park, there were
probably 100+ double crested cormorants in two big flocks. I don't think
I'd every seen flocks of cormorants before. It seemed like they were
getting ready to head in a southerly direction.
The flock was very messy, not at all like a goose flock. From a distance I
thought they were crows but when I got under I was able to ID better.

Always interesting to see new things on my everyday drive.

Nancy

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of cormorants?

[Dave Nutter]

Cormorants look all dark below, have a longer tail than geese, and have a kink in their thick neck like someone had tried to strangle them--Dave NutterOn Apr 13, 2014, at 09:38 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg"  wrote:Nancy, that's exactly right for migrating cormorants. Yesterday we had several small flocks like that over Mt. Pleasant and I had a small flock of 5 over my house in Ithaca. They can look very much like geese, but they will often circle higher and reform their flock, which geese never do.KEN  Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.eduOn Apr 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Nancy Cusumano  wrote:Just saw what I believe were a flock of cormorants, pretty high up, in a flock like geese, maybe 35-40 of them. Heading north. Looks like the silhouette in Sibley, though. My best guess. Nancy CusumanoWest side Cayuga lake near Jacksonville  Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 455 dogs since 2005.Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird!Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird!--
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of cormorants?

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

Nancy, that's exactly right for migrating cormorants. Yesterday we had several 
small flocks like that over Mt. Pleasant and I had a small flock of 5 over my 
house in Ithaca. They can look very much like geese, but they will often circle 
higher and reform their flock, which geese never do.

KEN


Ken Rosenberg
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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607-342-4594 (cell)
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On Apr 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Nancy Cusumano 
mailto:nancycusuman...@gmail.com>>
 wrote:

Just saw what I believe were a flock of cormorants, pretty high up, in a flock 
like geese, maybe 35-40 of them. Heading north. Looks like the silhouette in 
Sibley, though. My best guess.

Nancy Cusumano
West side Cayuga lake near Jacksonville



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[cayugabirds-l] Flock of cormorants?

[Nancy Cusumano]

Just saw what I believe were a flock of cormorants, pretty high up, in a
flock like geese, maybe 35-40 of them. Heading north. Looks like the
silhouette in Sibley, though. My best guess.

Nancy Cusumano
West side Cayuga lake near Jacksonville



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