Great photo. Interesting touch of white in the crests. Most of the Colorado breeding birds have black crests, consistent with the eastern race. A few have white crests, consistent with the Alaskan and possibly other western races. Good to check out the crests at this time of year before they wear away.
Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO > On Apr 24, 2019, at 8:52 AM, DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleather...@msn.com> wrote: > > > From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleather...@msn.com <mailto:daleather...@msn.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:43 AM > Subject: Double-crested Cormorant at Sheldon Lake, Fort Collins (Larimer) > > The adult cormorant that sat on the floating dock on the north side of > Sheldon Lake (City Park, Fort Collins) yesterday provided an opportunity to > study this common species up close. Did you know the mouth lining of > breeding plumaged Double-tufted (aka Earmuffed) Cormorants is brilliant > turquoise? Same color as the eye orbits. I think you would have to be > another cormorant to take this bird seriously during courtship. My caption > for this grainy pic taken with my cell phone thru the scope is, "Honey, have > you seen my other earring?" > > Other possible captions: > "Does my new haircut make me look fat?" > > "Somebody downtown mistook me for Frank Sinatra today. Who's he?" > > If my father were still alive, he would no doubt use the line he did with > outlandishly dressed kids we would encounter while taking walks on the Ohio > State campus during the 60's: "Hope your team wins." > > <IMG_1046cautos small.jpg> > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB36035C7CAFE9C705DEDA2B83C13C0%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB36035C7CAFE9C705DEDA2B83C13C0%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/36132C6E-A3BF-429F-BE51-F1B785C0F2B1%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
