This morning about 9:45 as I was driving Rt 89 along Cass Park, there were
probably 100+ double crested cormorants in two big flocks. I don't think
I'd every seen flocks of cormorants before. It seemed like they were
getting ready to head in a southerly direction.
The flock was very messy, not at a
Cormorants look all dark below, have a longer tail than geese, and have a kink in their thick neck like someone had tried to strangle them--Dave NutterOn Apr 13, 2014, at 09:38 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" wrote:Nancy, that's exactly right for migrating cormorants. Yesterday we had several small flo
Nancy, that's exactly right for migrating cormorants. Yesterday we had several
small flocks like that over Mt. Pleasant and I had a small flock of 5 over my
house in Ithaca. They can look very much like geese, but they will often circle
higher and reform their flock, which geese never do.
KEN
Just saw what I believe were a flock of cormorants, pretty high up, in a
flock like geese, maybe 35-40 of them. Heading north. Looks like the
silhouette in Sibley, though. My best guess.
Nancy Cusumano
West side Cayuga lake near Jacksonville
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