In the early 1980s I saw all 5 species together on a pier in Western Port,
Victoria (a marine environment).
Hi
Martin
My
understanding is that Black-faced Cormorants are essentially strictly marine,
and more specifically have a strong preference for isolated or offshore rocks.
Werribee
would not be suitable for them on these grounds.
Having
said that, BFCs will stretch themselves and this assumption to some extent, and
will come into more sheltered areas closer to human settlement, such as the
harbour at Eden, the Derwent around Hobart, etc. etc. etc.
Harvey
From: Martin
Butterfield [
Sent: Friday, 25 October
2013 2:37 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Cc: COG
List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Uses of Bird Photography, revisited
#5
You are correct Geoffrey: it was 5 species that I reported
. The one missing here is Black-faced: I wonder why: they are common
enough at Eden and Glenelg.
On 25 October 2013 09:38, Geoffrey Dabb <>
wrote:
#5 -
to record notable juxtapositions
The scene is the
beach at Werribee looking across to the Bellarine Peninsular. 4 species of
cormorants, with a surfeit of Pieds, are sitting on a ruined structure. I
recall some years ago Martin Butterfield reported – was it 5 species of cormorants? - on a beach
in South Australia (Glenelg?) The archive does not allow easy retrieval of
that report, but I did discover that Martin has had a long and wide association
with cormorants.
In any event, this
is the totality of cormorant species you are likely to find in the bay
--
Martin Butterfield
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