Forwarding an update from Jim. Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY
Begin forwarded message: > From: Bird observations from western New York <[email protected]> > Date: July 13, 2015 at 11:34:49 PM EDT > To: geneseebirds-l <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GeneseeBirds-L] Probable Neotropic Cormorant, Buffalo Harbor > 7/13 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > I quickly edited and threw a few photos of the cormorant up on flickr here: > www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10 > > The one photo actually shows a pale area near the bird's rear auriculars/neck > that could be white plumes that would be diagnostic for Neotropic Cormorant, > and at one point I thought I saw this in the field, but could not be certain > (was using additional digital zoom thru the camera phone for that photo). > That being said, I would go as far to say that I am 99% certain the bird is a > Neotropic based on size/proportions alone, but of course it would be nice to > get a bit better confirmation in better light and at a distance of less than > a mile away (tower to breakwall is about 0.95 mi). > > > Jim Pawlicki > > > ----- > > James Pawlicki > [email protected] > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Bird observations from western New York >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> This evening around 7:15 pm, Dean DiTomasso and I watched a probable adult >> Neotropic Cormorant sitting with about 475 Double-crested Cormorants on the >> outermost breakwall in Buffalo Harbor as viewed from the tower at Erie Basin >> Marina. The very small size is extremely distinctive, but that being said >> there are "smaller" Double-crested Cormorants out there, while the effects >> of position and lighting on sitting birds (due to uneveness in the breakwall >> surface) can cause some Double-cresteds to look quite small at times. We had >> the bird sitting up and preening somewhat off on its own initially, but >> later next to a DCCO that flew in and landed near it. I also saw the bird >> briefly in-flight and re-locating to another portion of the breakwall after >> the they were flushed by a boat. It was present up until dark and evidently >> was roosting on the breakwall with the group of Double-crested's and various >> gulls and terns. >> >> The light there is best in the early morning and the best viewing of the >> breakwalls is from the tower at Erie Basin Marina, but decent views of the >> same outermost breakwall can be had from the hill at the end of Wilkeson >> Point Park along Fuhrmann Blvd (in the outer harbor south of Erie Basin). If >> the bird re-located to any of the other (closer) breakwalls, it should be >> identifiable with 100% certainty through a scope, but I would obviously >> recommend if anyone has use of a canoe, kayak, or boat that it would be more >> than worth trying to get out there and document (photograph) the bird if you >> are willing to do so. >> >> >> Jim Pawlicki >> >> ----- >> >> James Pawlicki >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - [email protected] >> https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l > > _______________________________________________ > GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - [email protected] > https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
