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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 7 Aug 2012 03:14:53 +0000679_iso-8859-1 Greetings - Upon much further inspection of photos and references and word from fellow birders, it turns out that the "very possible" juvenile Neotropical Cormorant in Cuyahoga is indeed a hatch-year juvenile Double-crested Cormorant. This individual JUST fledged. The reason this bird was astoundingly tricky for all is that most Double-cresteds come out of the nest with orange lores and pale heads/necks/upper breasts (like we see on the thousands of birds along the lake), but this individual retained exceedingly-dark Neotropical-like plumage. While the lores of this bird are dark, they are not feathered, rather being flesh and very dark brownish-gray, [...]46_7Aug201203:14: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:33:32 -0400 |
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Juvenile red shouldered hawks have been hanging around the yard since they
fledged a few months ago. This morning, the birds in the yard were
alarm-calling and making a noisy ruckus for about 20 minutes so I knew
everyone must be aggravated by a nearby perching hawk. I finally went out
to look and spied him sitting at the top of a cherry tree which also has a
"trumpet vine"/"hummingbird vine" (campsis radicans) climbing up to near
the top. Suddenly the hawk hastily departed... with a very angry
hummingbird chasing after him! Hilarious!
Karen Gray
Copley/Summit Co.
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