Nowhere really safe

[Robin Hide <>]

On 3/03/2012 4:17 PM, Julian Teh wrote:

Looks like a great cormorant with its head tucked in to me, even just looking at its feet...

Julian 

Expert opinion  (Geoffrey Dabb- working with a larger image) removes my very doubtful waterborne SCC, and replaces it with a juvenile or female darter whichs seem far more likely.

And the right hand blob, like Julian-   - "one of the black corms, probably little going by size  -  but size is not reliable at that range, and great is more likely to be solitary."

To my naked eye, at that distance, the blob looked cormorant-like...the left hand one didn't even register- only emerging in the snap!
Thanks all-
Robin

On 03/03/2012, at 3:29 PM, "Philip Veerman" <m("pcug.org.au","pveerman");">> wrote:

Now that is a hard one. Assuming your SCCockatoo is correct, the shape and size suggests a Boobook Owl to me. But I could guess anything as I think you don't know either.

 

Philip

 

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From: Robin Hide [m("anu.edu.au","robin.hide");">]
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Cc: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Nowhere really safe

But any perch is better than none? 
Drifting in Central Basin towards Commonwealth Bridge this afternoon-  (from Blundells Cottage)
SCCockatoo?? on the left of the debris and ?? on the right. (Unfortunately no binoculars at hand...)
Robin Hide



On 3/03/2012 1:00 PM, Geoffrey Dabb wrote: