[Birdtalk] chasing the Neotropic Cormorant

[Roostertael at aol.com]

Hi,
 
Things were not looking good. The group I was with on Friday was  
unsuccessful. I birded with Lu and Dennis on Saturday evening and they spotted  the bird 
five minutes after I left. I went over to talk to Ed, and he had seen  the 
bird fifteen minutes before I got there. I went back Sunday morning with the  
resolve to stay all day if necessary. I started early on the east side and may  
have dismissed the bird as a coot on the wire. I went over to the west side  
where Steve and Cindy saw the bird and my heart sank as I watched fifty or so  
leave. They went up quite high and seemed to be leaving the area. I then went  
back to the area that Lu and Dennis had spotted it. Few cormorants and the sun 
 was really bad to look into and try to see any facial color. Back to the 
east  side. A group was there and Larene asked if I had seen the bird. Noooo. But 
they  had it in their scopes. Whew, I thought I was out of luck. Thanks to 
the Beyers,  David Wheeler and Larene Wyss. I guess the third time is the charm. 
BTW, it was  10:00 when I got to see it.
 
Jack Binch



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