Greetings all - 
Now is a great time to pay more attention to those Double-crested Cormorant flocks on lakes, reservoirs and marshes. The smaller, more slender, and longer-tailed Neotropic Cormorant, a bird of the tropics, typically reaches into the States only in Texas, small sections of the Gulf, and extreme southern Arizona. The central-east is experiencing a light invasion of Neotropic Cormorants, with multiple birds being seen now in Illinois, at least one in Indiana, and now Kentucky and Tennessee. Both adult and immature birds are being recorded. 
Anywhere from the Lake Erie front (Wendy Park for example) to inland locations like swampy Killbuck Marsh or the Portage Lakes are fair game. Marshes and swamps in southern Ohio are just as likely to harbor this freshwater cormorant as are the more open reservoirs and vast marshes of NW Ohio, such as Ottawa NWR. 
Best of birding - JB
 

Jen Brumfield 
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Cleveland, Ohio
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