Great Cormorant
“On the morning of January 23 my son and I went to Trundy Point to look for Great Cormorants and we were not disappointed.”
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These “summer” cormorants will be replaced to some degree by their more robust cousins, the Great Cormorants, who will winter and fish the icy waters that the Double-crested has since relinquished.
Other noteworthy mentioning’s at these two locations include, Buffleheads, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Horned Grebes Long-tailed Ducks, Great Cormorants, and the fantastically adorned Harlequin duck – seemingly at home amid the tumult of the crashing seas.
On the morning of January 23 my son and I went to Trundy Point to look for Great Cormorants and we were not disappointed.
Two Great Cormorants passed through my binocular lens as well.
I also noted a single Red-necked Grebe, a Red-throated Loon and two Great Cormorants that flew past us at close range.
Also reported on this same day off Dyer Point were Caspian Terns, Black-legged Kittiwakes and the first Great Cormorants of the season.
I also noted all three types of Scoter ducks, Surf, White-winged and Black and a Great Cormorant passed overhead and I could hear the bird murmuring to itself as it flew through the frigid air.
Also, Great Cormorants have arrived in solid numbers while their slightly smaller relative, the Double-breasted Cormorant, has since departed for warmer waters south.