Hi Dave,
 As always, your finds in Montgomery County never cease to amaze me!!  
Another terrific find!!!

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
 
 
In a message dated 4/4/2009 12:47:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

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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