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What kind or bird is this?
« on: February 08, 2011, 04:06:16 PM »
I realize they are hard to see in the photo, but they were a very long ways away; even for a 400 mm. lens and a Lot of Cropping!



They were very BIG birds and they really made huge splashes on the water while they took baths. My vision isn't as good as it should be and my bird knowledge base isn't what it should be. :(

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 04:33:42 PM »
I would guess a Cormorant of sorts. Although I don't recall seeing one so light, maybe females or juveniles?

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 04:36:29 PM »
I would guess a Cormorant of sorts. Although I don't recall seeing one so light, maybe females or juveniles?

 :yike: Doh!  :yike: I should have know they were Cormorants!  :yike: Thank you!  :)

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 08:03:41 PM »
From what I have been told now, the birds are a Double Crested Cormorant. I had never seen or heard of them before.

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 09:29:34 AM »
That's the one. Thanks, like I said I've never seen one with those colors before, but after looking online I saw a few. Either way, I hate the damn things!  :mgun2:

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 09:55:02 AM »
I have spent a lifetime fishing the lakes and rivers of the Skagit Valley and in all of that time on the water I do not remember ever seeing this type of Cormorant, much less taking their photos!

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Re: What kind or bird is this?
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2011, 10:02:31 AM »
Double-crested Cormorant juveniles
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