Re: DC Cormorant Northerly Migration in Columbia
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:50:40 -0500
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Lou Shomette:
It is unlikely that the birds you saw migrating this a.m. in 8 flocks
were
Double-crested Cormorants. This was a peak day for Canada
Goose and
Tundra Swan migration. (See Bonnie Ott's posting.)
Howard County records small numbers of migrating D-c
Cormorants from late
March to mid-May with the peak in April. See both Field List of the Birds
of MD and Birding Howard Countyl, Md. That number of cormorants in this
county at any time would be astonishing and a month ahead of their normal
peak of migration would be bizarre (especially in light of today's goose
and swan sightings which were at the expected migration time.)
The birds you saw on the east side of Columbia were very likely flocks
Bonnie saw a few minutes later just a few miles north of your home. She
was hoping someone else might have caught at least part of that major
flight.
Jo Solem
Laurel, MD 20723-1120
Odenata@msn.com
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net