Cycle path from Streeton Drive to Lake BG - Pied Cormorant - request for confirmation

["Philip Veerman" <>]

I agree. Geoff's photos added something quite new to me about relative sizes of head & beak. Very useful. For what it is worth, I have never seen a Pied Cormorant in ACT or even anywhere remotely near here. I looked after we had some mentions of them on Lake Tuggeranong. Only OOA for me.

 

Philip

 

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From: Barbara Allan [
Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2012 3:33 PM
To: 'Geoffrey Dabb';
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Cycle path from Streeton Drive to Lake BG - Pied Cormorant - request for confirmation

Splendid photos Geoffrey, making the differences clear. Can I just add that there were remarkably few records of Pied Cormorants – only two – in the COG databases for July 2010-June2011. A single bird near Yarralumla nursery; another near Bungendore. Not sure if this means there have been fewer of the species around or whether folk haven’t been bothering to record them. For my part, I haven’t seen them in their relatively usual haunt of the pontoon near John Knight Park, Lake Ginninderra. b