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Aussie105

(6,256 posts)
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 06:34 PM Apr 2024

One of these is not like the others . . .

No picture unfortunately.

I go out in the morning to feed the backyard birds.
(Front yard birds are magpies and ibis, they get left over cat food later in the day. They don't mix with the backyard riff-raff.)

Backyard birds are different species of doves, pigeons, sparrows and visiting ducks.

Did a headcount of the ducks . . . yep, the usual 4 - but wait - one of them isn't.

Cormorant!

First one I've ever seen in the wild. Cohabiting with the ducks in the local wetlands and parkland lakes?
Usually coastal around here. We are nowhere near the coast.

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One of these is not like the others . . . (Original Post) Aussie105 Apr 2024 OP
They hang out in Central Park, NYC Donkees Apr 2024 #1
where i used to live , we had a birdbath on the back deck. in the am the small birds would come . in the afternoon AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #2
Beautiful birds, the cormorants. Aussie105 Apr 2024 #3

AllaN01Bear

(23,042 posts)
2. where i used to live , we had a birdbath on the back deck. in the am the small birds would come . in the afternoon
Mon Apr 15, 2024, 01:19 PM
Apr 2024

the larger birds would come , like woodpeckers . scrub jays , stellers jays . etc.

Aussie105

(6,256 posts)
3. Beautiful birds, the cormorants.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 01:00 AM
Apr 2024

Since the local council has set up wetlands for birdlife, there have been more and more birds in the local area.
Both in number and in variety.
Ibis appeared last year, the cormorant this year. Hopefully, more to come.

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