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neotropic or not

2003-01-14 - 8:46 a.m.

An advanced birder got back with me on the issue of the possible Neotropic Cormorant at Fontainebleau. He says that sometimes there are "runts" among the Double-Crested Cormorants. Size alone isn't good enough to be certain of having a Neotropic but you can still distinguish the species:

They are differently proportioned, with Neotropic having a proportionally longer tail, thinner neck, shorter bill and proportionally smaller head. But, for a really satisfactory identification of a vagrant, seeing the shape of the bare skin patch at the base of the bill is necessary.

The proportions of the tail were what we used in Texas to separate the species. The trouble is, while I was standing there on the lakefront, I couldn't remember if the Neotropic had the disproportionately long tail or if it was the Double-Crested. I should have just written down my notes about the tail. As it is, we have a skinny bird, with a skinny head and neck, with no clear recollection of the tail proportions -- although I could perfectly well observe the tail at the time. Oh well. That's the week of screw-ups that was. Now that I've written this tip down, it'll probably be enshrined in memory and never have to be referenced again.

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