s definitely do show this much white as
immatures, even adults.
Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY
--- On Sat, 1/5/13, John Gluth wrote:
> From: John Gluth
> Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Unusual Cormorant at Rye Beach, Westchester County
> To: "NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts"
> Date: Saturday
Thanks to everyone for the many responses. I've seen many juvenile Great
Cormorants over the last twenty years, but never one in this plumage.
Apparently it is a regular occurrence. Always learning something new with
birding. John Haas
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Thanks to everyone for the many responses. I've seen many juvenile Great
Cormorants over the last twenty years, but never one in this plumage.
Apparently it is a regular occurrence. Always learning something new with
birding. John Haas
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white as
immatures, even adults.
Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY
--- On Sat, 1/5/13, John Gluth jgl...@optonline.net wrote:
From: John Gluth jgl...@optonline.net
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Unusual Cormorant at Rye Beach, Westchester County
To: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Date
I guess it's the nature of we birder's to want to turn a poorly seen and/or
seemingly out of the ordinary bird into a rarity. But while John Haas'
self-described poor quality photos ARE distant, blurry, and overly contrasty,
they are not so bad as to rule out the most probable identification—
If this is not a wildly aberrant plumage, I would have to say that these
photos most resemble a species I saw off Ushuaia, the southern tip of
Argentina, the Imperial Shag, which would be quite remarkable. But with
birds, nothing is impossible. ( I do have some photos if anyone has an
interest
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Unusual Cormorant at Rye Beach, Westchester County
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Date: Friday, January 4, 2013, 9:28 PM
Today I birded Westchester County. While scanning the beach and rocks at Rye
Town Park I spotted an unusual cormorant on the rocks. The bird had an
entirely
Today I birded Westchester County. While scanning the beach and rocks at Rye
Town Park I spotted an unusual cormorant on the rocks. The bird had an
entirely white belly, throat, and chin. A defined line demarked the face,
causing a black cap and white chin. The bill appeared thin. My first
Today I birded Westchester County. While scanning the beach and rocks at Rye
Town Park I spotted an unusual cormorant on the rocks. The bird had an
entirely white belly, throat, and chin. A defined line demarked the face,
causing a black cap and white chin. The bill appeared thin. My first
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Unusual Cormorant at Rye Beach, Westchester County
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Date: Friday, January 4, 2013, 9:28 PM
Today I birded Westchester County. While scanning the beach and rocks at Rye
Town Park I spotted an unusual cormorant
If this is not a wildly aberrant plumage, I would have to say that these
photos most resemble a species I saw off Ushuaia, the southern tip of
Argentina, the Imperial Shag, which would be quite remarkable. But with
birds, nothing is impossible. ( I do have some photos if anyone has an
interest
I guess it's the nature of we birder's to want to turn a poorly seen and/or
seemingly out of the ordinary bird into a rarity. But while John Haas'
self-described poor quality photos ARE distant, blurry, and overly contrasty,
they are not so bad as to rule out the most probable identification—
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