floraphile Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 28 Nov 2022 Baldwin co. AL; bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Great for me, but I don’t have experience with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Very few reports of Great along the Gulf coast. That said, I’m terrible at cormorants so I’d love to see discussion of field marks for this bird. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Avery said: Very few reports of Great along the Gulf coast. That said, I’m terrible at cormorants so I’d love to see discussion of field marks for this bird. We had one last Winter/early Spring here in Baldwin co., but it hung out further south, at the mouth of the bay into the Gulf. Edited November 28, 2022 by floraphile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Great for me also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 11 hours ago, Avery said: I’d love to see discussion of field marks for this bird. Ditto. How are we making this call? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 12 hours ago, Avery said: I’d love to see discussion of field marks for this bird. It certainly appears to have a distinct white throat - is this enough for an ID? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, RobinHood said: It certainly appears to have a distinct white throat - is this enough for an ID? Also gray bill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpoole Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I see lots of both here in Nova scotia often together and size difference is a good field marker with the GRCO being larger than the DCCO. Even without comparison that white throat and stout bill would be enough for me to ID this bird as a Great Cormorant. The rarity of GRCOs in Alabama has me doubting myself. I defer to the experts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I have no experience with GRCO, so I may very well be wrong. That being said, the overall impression I’m getting is they this is too large for a DCCO. The white throat and gray bill are also making me say GRCO, but I may be wrong. I’m curious to see what the experts have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird-Boys Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Looks ok for Great, but not 100% sure off of these pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 Two of our local experts think Great. They went looking for it today but it was no longer there. We will see what the reviewer says... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 It was accepted as Great after review. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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