At 8:30 an adult Great Cormorant flew downstream past Violettes Lock. It gave 
a fine view of its large head and thick straight neck, yellow facial skin 
surrounded by a broad band of white feathering, and the large oblong white patch 
on the rear flanks. With a strong tailwind it was flying like a cormorant out 
of hell, and was out of sight in less than a minute.
 
I remember one previous Great Cormorant for Montgomery, an immature at Little 
Seneca Res. on 22 April 1994, but I think there have been other reports.
 
Birds moving upriver included 170 Bonaparte's Gulls, 400 Ring-bills, 3 
Herrings, 200 Cormorants, some loitering, and a Cliff Swallow among all the Trees 
and Barns.
 
Dave Czaplak
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