ML620675905

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*MEGA; NY’s ~7th or so record when it was first discovered in 2021. Continuing bird refound by the incomparable Bruce Nott for the third season in a row since he and Ken McDermott first found it in May 28, 2021. Somehow, despite it being 1.5hrs away from me for the last few years, I’ve never decided to chase this bird, but since I was in Orange, I decided better late than never. After getting some great info from Jeanne Cimorelli and checking eBird reports, I first tried Quassaick Creek where I came up dry, and then decided to check the boat club and ferry terminal area. After nothing at the South end of the waterfront, I approached the ferry terminal without binocs when I spotted the line cormorant on a pier right offshore. Small, thin, long-tailed, and jet black (all in comparison to DCCO), it was apparent this was the bird even without binocs. I sprinted back to the car, grabbed my scope and camera, and then enjoyed the bird for about 7 minutes. Sharp gular patch with thick white border and wisps of white behind the eye and on back of the head. Shorter beak than DCCO too. In that time it mostly sat on the piling and preened, popped once, and then hopped into the water where it started swimming South. I put my head down to look at my photos, and when I looked back it was gone. I assume it flew to Quassaick Creek but I haven’t a clue where it went.

技術資訊

型號

NIKON D500

ISO

280

焦距

600 mm

閃光

Flash did not fire

光圈值

f/6.3

快門

1/800 sec

次方

4310 pixels x 2873 pixels

原始檔案大小

2.96 MB