Hi All,
>From the experience I've had with New Zealand shags this almost looks to me
>like a non-breeding or immature King or Rough-faced Shag. If so this would be
>an amazing record as this bird is normally sedentary and population estimates
>I think are around 400 birds so this would be very rare.
There don't seem to be caruncles on this bird but in immatures or non-breeders
these are small and hard to see anyway. Did Barbara get other pics?
I am not sure about aberrant plumaged Pieds. The pale bill wipes out the
possibility of a Black-faced to me.
Certainly an interesting bird. The shot is also great because it allows an
instant ID comparison with a Pied, Little Pied and Great Cormorants around it.
Just my two bob's worth. Look forward to hearing about what others might think
it is. Inger Vandyke > From: > To: ;
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Cormorant ID help
required> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:32:58 +1100> > ��> > Is it a New
Zealand "blow in"?> > Greg Little> > Greg Little - Principal Consultant>
General Flora and Fauna> PO Box 526> Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia> Ph 02 49
556609> Fx 02 49 556671> www.gff.com.au> > -----Original Message----->From:
>
On Behalf Of Tom Tarrant> Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2007 10:48 AM> To:
Birding-Aus> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Cormorant ID help required> > Hi All,> >
Mike Carter has asked if I could post this unusual Cormorant taken at>
Merimbula NSW> > http://www.aviceda.org/abid/newimages.php> > *I wonder if you
could pass comment on the attached which one of our> members> took on Dec 9,
2007 at Short Point, Merimbula, NSW> We get the Black-faced Cormorants at Eden
and rarely further north. They> are> usually on rocks or buoys. This one is odd
because of the 'extra' black> on> the head and also being on the sand.> > Is it
something interesting?> > Barbara Jones, Eden> > *Unfortunately Comments cannot
be posted on ABID for the time-being (due> to> persistent 'spamming') so please
pass on your thoughts via this> mailing-list.> > Tom> > -- >
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