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04-11-2010, 10:31 PM
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| | | Unusual Cormorant?
I saw this lone cormorant at a pond in Lewes, East Sussex today. Unfortunately I didn't have my good camera with me, but I tried to get as good a photo as I could.
All the comorants I've seen have been completely black, so I was wondering if it's unusual to see one with so much white? I also looked online, and it looks quite a lot like some other species then the ones I see here. Any idea if it's a different species, or just an unusually marked one?  |
04-11-2010, 10:44 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Cormorant?
It's quite normal. It's an immature bird - they have varying amounts of white - the one above was taken yesterday (also in East Sussex!) |
04-11-2010, 10:51 PM
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Ah, okay, thanks!
Probably explains why I was able to get so close. Young birds always seem to be less bothered by me. |
04-11-2010, 10:59 PM
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Are you good looking then. |
05-11-2010, 02:05 AM
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Had me thinking too!  |
05-11-2010, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Acipiter  Are you good looking then. | no, huge nose, so the youngsters think it's a parent bird coming to feed them 
that is indeed a juvenile cormorant |
05-11-2010, 01:39 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Cormorant?
Later on in spring you may also see cormorants with white patches on their thighs which is a plumage they develop for the breeding season. | | |
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