I'm forwarding this email I received offline because it makes a very 
convincing argument for double-crested cormorant, especially if you 
click on the URL's Mr. Haass gives and look at the photos.

June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard Co, MD
tweekiebird AT toadmail DOT com

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Howard County cormorant
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:35 PM
From: Nikolas Haass <>
To: , 

June, Maurice,

Obviously I am too late to comment on the Swamp Sparrow. The
Cormorant however is a quite typical imm. Double-crested
Cormorant. Look at the gular pouch: it is bright orange, square and
goes all the way around underneath the chin. This is typical
DC and excludes all other cormorants. The white face is not atypical
for DC. In Neotropic the gular pouch is pointed, the
chin is feathered. The white line in adult Neotropics follows the
shape of the gular pouch. Also the bird looks too heavy for a
Neotropic.

See this for a nice comparison:

http://www.jeaniron.ca/2005/neotropic29924.jpg


and this for a DC with white in the face:

http://www.johnsonmill.com/images/Double-crested%20Cormorant.jpg

Best,

Nikolas

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Nikolas Haass

Philadelphia, PA