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Help with a bird ID

Postby Alex on Sat May 27, 2006 8:37 pm

Hi, not a bird (those with feathers) guy so don't know what this one is called. They are very common, just wanted to test out the lens I was using. Unfortunately, shutter speed (1/500) was not fast enough to freeze its head motion :-(.

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Postby blacknstormy on Sat May 27, 2006 8:45 pm

Hi Alex - action shot makes it a bit hard, but I think its an immature little pied cormorant - Phalacrocorax melanoleucos :) (Only other bird it could be is the black faced cormorant, but I honestly can't tell from this photo). Someone else may be able to tell the dif for you.

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Postby Alex on Sat May 27, 2006 8:48 pm

Thanks, Rel. Obviously, you have encyclopedic knowledge of species :-)

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Postby blacknstormy on Sat May 27, 2006 8:51 pm

Nope, I live with an encyclopedic knowledge of species - his name is Damian :) ;) 8)
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Postby avkomp on Sat May 27, 2006 8:54 pm

the head is moving just a tad but agree with Rel's ID

you probably knew this anyway but in case not, you often see these types of birds sitting like this cos their wings arent waterproof and they hang em out to dry.

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Postby Alex on Sat May 27, 2006 8:56 pm

avkomp wrote:the head is moving just a tad but agree with Rel's ID

you probably knew this anyway but in case not, you often see these types of birds sitting like this cos their wings arent waterproof and they hang em out to dry.

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Thanks, Steve. I figured it was drying its wings.

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