Please give a good scrutinizing look at all cormorants as you're out birding, especially Double-crested-type cormorants. At this point it's almost a cruel joke how many Neotropic Cormorants have been popping up in surrounding counties this year. This species has never been recorded in Orange County and would be a great way to perk things up for 2019 a bit. Note that Neotropics are smaller and have longer tails than Double-crested Cormorants. When juxtaposed against each other the size difference is obvious. They lack the orange lores of a Double-crested Cormorant and instead have a white v-shaped patch along the pointy base of the bill (the v may vary in how conspicuous it is). If in breeding plumage, they have short white plumes on their neck instead of the longer plumes that Double-cresteds show on their heads. This recent eBird checklist has some good comparison photos: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57795985 -- Ryan Winkleman Rancho Santa Margarita |
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities. v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records. v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top. v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds. v1.2 - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality. v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics. v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available. v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword). v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations. v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'. v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.