Hi all --

This was sent to me by Dave Young (thanks, Dave!) -- about the Neotropical Cormorant seen on Sunday from Riverbend Park, VA -- Dave added in a later post to me that although the bird was observed from Virginia, it was always in Maryland waters.

So folks should start looking downstream for groups of Cormorants...

Gail Mackiernan


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From:    "Dave Young" <>
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Subject: neotropic cormorant
Date:    Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:15:12 +0000

      Hi Gail , 

 

      I read but do not post to the MDOsprey. I chose you because you
commented about looking for the Cormorant

      today. I was on the Virginia side of the river at Riverbend Park, Va.
at about 4:30pm Sunday when 12 

      Double Crested Cormorants landed on the river. One of the Cormorants
appeared smaller so I went 

      back and got my scope and indeed one was the Neotropic. I stayed until
dusk observing it for an hour. 

      I had been to Violetts Lock earlier in the day and missed it so this
was a lucky find for me. 

      Riverbend is probably 4-5 miles down river from Violetts in Great
Falls, Va. Feel free to post this info :-) .

 

      Dave 

 

      

      

 

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