Hi all
I thought Stewart Island or King Shag at first too but i don't think
there's enough black on the face. (I was fortunate to see and
photograph them both a couple of months ago)
They have the black starting below or at the base of the bill with a
much thinner line of white under the chin than this bird appears to
have. Bill looks a little bit too long and thin too but this might be
a trick of the light so to speak.
Could it be an aberrant Pied Cormorant?
Does Mike know what it is?
Cheers
David Stowe
On 23/12/2007, at 12:49 PM, inger vandyke wrote:
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
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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
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