Roaches Run in Arlington, Virginia, held a CASPIAN
TERN yesterday morning.
Both mornings there was present a cormorant with white
patches on the flanks. Yesterday I saw it in flight,
and swimming on the water at a great distance. This
morning, in good light, I obtained good views of it:
the bird is an immature Double-crested Cormorant with
one small white patch on each flank. The patch was
more or less where the white flank patches on a Great
Cormorant would be present, and the patches were
visible when the bird flew reasonably close to me.
This morning it landed in between two other immature
DCCs and was identical in length, shape, and
coloration to them.
Rob Hilton
aimophila10
Silver Spring
yahoo.com
Maryland
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