floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 12 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL. Large patch with cotton field, recently dug peanut field (peanuts still on ground), large manmade pond, a Grady pond, live oaks. Hi, All. I still have trouble birding by silhouette when I can't see colors and features.. As usual, apologies for the poor pic quality--I see many birds on my morning work-out walks, but only take my phone with me. Since they are such poor quality, I am not cropping. 1. ?American White Pelican (middle, bottom of pic) ; slow, graceful flight, close formation, black on wings. I don't think they were Wood Storks, but... 2 & 3. ?Double Crested Cormorant 4 & 5. ?Cooper's Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Two of pics keep posting upside-down. Let me try and fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) I don't see a bird in the first photo; maybe crop and circle it? (Crop? Circle? Crop circle! I made a funny!) I think the two inversions could be cormorants; I see them standing around in groups on floating objects a lot in the winter Double-crested are the likely ones but I wouldn't swear to it in court (or on eBird), and I don't see how we can completely rule out Anhingas based solely on these photos. I ain't touching the raptor. Edited November 12, 2020 by Charlie Spencer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Lol to crop circle! "Close Encounters..." was filmed in this area. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 @Charlie Spencer Here is a cropped version of the ?AWPE It's pretty crappy. I think the only other thing they could be is Wood Stork, and they didn't fly like those, and we don't really have them here too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kevin said: Yes. I'm pretty sure they were AWPE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 "BREAKING NEWS: Birder snaps flock of rogue drones!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 We did have somebody fly a drone over us last weekend (on our private land). I wanted to shoot it. But hubby said that is illegal. I was hoping an eagle would get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 hour ago, floraphile said: ...I was hoping an eagle would get it. Or Peregrine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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