Sighting details
Location
near Campbell, 01

Geobirds Local >>

rarityDouble-crested Cormorant (1)
Seen by jbstruthers
Larger >>
When November 08, 2011 at 14:24
Details UNCOMMON
Notes This somewhat forlorn cormorant is sharing a bit of open water with a few mallards, several ring-billed gulls and some Canada Geese. One wing seems to droop a bit but that may just be poor posture.
Weather Clear, cool and breezy.

Comments 

user jbstruthers, Nov 8 2011
Visited this bird again at 4:00 and it's not looking any happier.
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user jim macgregor, Nov 8 2011
-keen eyes; that wing may be the reason that this individual is still here & that open area of water is it's life-line.
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user jbstruthers, Nov 9 2011
From my balcony I see the cormorant remains (10:50 a.m.), amid a bunch of gulls.
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user joycesollway, Nov 9 2011
Poor guy, guess he won't have to suffer through the cold. Sometime the injured birds pick my yard to hide, it's always sad to see them die.
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user jbstruthers, Nov 9 2011
The cormorant remains on the lake at 5:13 p.m. I suspect the open water has shrunk to the point where this bird will not be able to achieve sufficient 'ground speed' to get airborne. I am assuming this bird is a youngster from the last hatch but such may not be the case. If it is a youngster of the year it won't have any idea where it should be going...
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user jbstruthers, Nov 10 2011
This bird lingers as the geese and gulls come and go.
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user jim macgregor, Nov 10 2011
-if the bird is able to get that flying gear going, these solitary individuals will sometimes join up with other lingering waterfowl and follow them to better climes.
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user jim macgregor, Nov 13 2011
Any update on the status of this individual?
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user jbstruthers, Nov 13 2011
Observed it fishing about 2:45 today. As the light faded it was back on the ice amid a bunch of gulls.
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user jbstruthers, Nov 15 2011
Today the open water, about the size of two hockey rinks, was completely iced over and there was no sign of the cormorant.
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user jim macgregor, Nov 15 2011
-the beauty of this short story, is that all of us can make our own conclusions! :o))
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