Hi David and all,
Wasn't until I 'zoomed' in on the pic that I realised that I was looking at
the top of the birds head and not the face, there is a rogue pixel in the
black that gives the illusion of an eye.
Once you picture this it's easy to see that it's just a Pied Cormorant with
it's head turned, but a great 'puzzler' none-the-less.
Tom
On Dec 23, 2007 12:58 PM, David Stowe <> wrote:
> 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
> > 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> > -- > ********************************> Tom
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