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Started by Delilahae, Apr 26 2012 12:25 AM

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#1 Delilahae

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:25 AM

I have looked and have no idea what type of bird this is..

I am in southern California..Please help me identify..

Thanks..


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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:28 AM

Welcome to Whatbird!!! It is definitely a Cormorant. I would say a juvenile Double-Crested, but wait for another ID.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:28 AM

It's a juvenile Double-crested Cormorant.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:37 AM

it sure is cute!

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:38 AM

Yup, juvie Double-crested Cormorant. I like the picture!!
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:40 AM

yeah That is a Juv. Spring molt Double Crested Cormorant. I think in the back of the Cormorant is a Black Crowned Night Heron also nice bird to see!
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:59 AM

yeah That is a Juv. Spring molt Double Crested Cormorant. I think in the back of the Cormorant is a Black Crowned Night Heron also nice bird to see!

Haha I agree with BCNH :D
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 01:36 AM

Good catch on the BCNH, shoveler!

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:36 PM

Thank you all so much..

I really had a tough time with this one..

The bird in the back is a Black Crowned Night Heron..

Nice Catch Shoveler..

I did manage to get a few photo's of the Heron as well..

Thank you so much again..

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:38 PM

Wow. . . I would have never seen the heron. :blink:
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:28 AM

Two questions:

Did the OP picture disappear??? I don't see anything.
southerncowgirlkim~Is your avatar a yellow crowned night heron? How did you get this shot? It's great!
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#12 Delilahae

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:52 PM

I had to delete the picture I had with this post because apparently we are limited on how many MB's we can have..

Unless I am doing something wrong..:)

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:44 AM

Yeah. The limit is TINY!!!
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:57 AM

Delilahae - check out the FAQ Thread for information on how to post photos without having to use the attachment feature and delete your photos. Using those instructions, you are able to post photos like this without a limit:
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JimBob - the limit is tiny because bandwidth is expensive!

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:59 AM

I didn't know it costed money. . .
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 02:08 AM

The Imgur.com site is great and very easy to do!!!

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 02:29 AM

I didn't know it costed money. . .

Yes, that is the main cost associated with any internet site. If we all had unlimited upload limits, I imagine WhatBird would not be able to continue financially. It also doesn't make sense for them since there are alternatives that work better anyways.

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 04:39 PM

Thank you all so much!.

I will definitely try that..

EDIT.. I went ahead and put the photo up at the top of my Post..

Thanks again!.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 04:10 AM

No problem, glad it helped!

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 01:15 PM

Wow. . . I would have never seen the heron. :blink:

It must be nice to have young eyes. I missed it also.

I always thought that cormorants were sea birds and when I saw one inland, I was very surprized. Turns out the Double-crested is nationwide.
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