Re: FW: [canberrabirds] A common bird in an unusual location

[Martin Butterfield <>]

Geoffrey

Again I can understand the choice of perch.  Compare the element of that image adjacent to the cormorant's cloaca with your earlier post regarding cormorant nests at the Queanbeyan Poo Pits.  

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 7 May 2017 at 10:24, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

 

From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Sunday, 7 May 2017 10:01 AM
To: Con Boekel
Cc: COG List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] A common bird in an unusual location

 

I can understand the confusion with a shiny roof and water, but a bitumen road is a more serious stretch of visualisation.

 

WRT to tailings ponds and the like, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside Denver had some ponds with all sorts of nasty stuff in them.  Ducks which landed in them were reputed to have about 30 minutes to get the affairs in order.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

 

On 7 May 2017 at 09:48, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Many, many years ago, when I was living in central Australia a new building went up that had a shiny corrugated iron roof. One night a significant number of cormorants (sp?) tried to land on the new roof. It did not end well for some of them. I guess, without knowing, that other cormorants have made the similar (and more understandable) error with toxic tailings ponds over the years and across Australia.

regards

Con

 

On 5/7/2017 9:44 AM, Martin Butterfield wrote:

While driving on Palmer Street in (Lower) Garran yesterday afternoon a black bird was standing in the middle of road.  On getting closer it turned out to be a Little Black Cormorant.  When we returned 30 minutes later it had gone.

 

Martin Butterfield

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