Bird for ID please
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At White Rock Pier today morning around 7:30 AM, there was a large flock (~100 birds) far out into the sea. I only had a camera and no binoculars. Attached are fully?zoomed in photos (100% crop from original). The size of the birds was about the size of a Common Loon. Can anyone tell what these are? Thanks, Nikhil Patwardhan |
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On May 7, 2022, at 09:48, Nikhil Patwardhan <Nikhil.pirate@...> wrote:
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Tsuru
Emailed Nikhil and told him.? That's what it appears to be although Clark's can't be ruled out with such a distant shot.? But most probably Western anyway. Monte Taylor Tustin Ranch, CA ? (for my shots) On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 11:13 AM PERRY EDWARDS <drchuper@...> wrote:
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Thanks Monte, Perry, I went back at noon and found the flock again, this time to the east and vastly bigger than what I saw in the early morning. Video below shows the extent: A few birds were a wee bit closer and I got some distant shots again with a longer lens (attached below), they?are still very small though. The beaks looked yellow in the scope and their backs were distinctly lighter in color compared to the black on the back of the neck. Now I need to find someone to count the birds in the video ;-) I'll try to estimate sometime this weekend. If someone wants to have a go please do ;-) I can't tell if it is all the same species, the book shows Western and Clark's to be similar, so perhaps there's a mix there. On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 1:00 PM Tsuru <tsuru88@...> wrote:
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