[leasbirds] Cormorant Question
- From: WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:38:49 -0800 (PST)
Hi All,
I'm in Seattle. Taking my daughter for a ferry ride, of course I didn't have
my little travel binoculars. It was easy to identify pigeon guillemots, and
goldeneye. I could generally identify grebes and loons by family, but couldn't
tell species to my naked blurry eyes.
But: a cormorant was sitting close by on pilings, between two double-crested
cormorants. It is slightly smaller than them, and had a lean look. It had a
dark beak, dark legs. Most notably, it had a distinctive glossy green sheen in
the sunlight (yes, bright sunlight--unusual for here, I'm told).
Any thoughts on what it might be? Websites tell me there's Brandt's and
Pelagic out here. I'm kind of suspecting pelagic.
Thanks,
Bill
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