<div dir="auto">Thanks for your clarification. This is what keeps birding interesting into old age.<div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:alanroedell@gmail.com">alanroedell@gmail.com</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 1:05 PM <<a href="mailto:jimbetz@jimbetz.com">jimbetz@jimbetz.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi again,<br>
<br>
OK - lesson learned. When trying to ID a bird - don't use just one <br>
reference<br>
source.<br>
<br>
Both all-about-birds and Merlin are essentially the same (exactly?) in terms<br>
of what they include/don't include ... and, for this Pigeon Guillemot I also<br>
made the mistake of using photos as my primary ID method. Both of those<br>
use the same set of photos - none of which show a Pigeon Guillemot in any<br>
color other than black or very dark brown. So, although I'd already<br>
looked at the Pigeon Guillemot, I'd said to myself "the markings are the<br>
same, but the color is wrong" when that was wrong.<br>
When I did a simple Google search for images of Pigeon Guillemots I<br>
found several that were essentially identical to the picture I took and<br>
the bird that I saw and took the picture of was easily ID'd from those<br>
photos. I suspect that both Merlin and all-about-birds are the same<br>
because I think they are both from Cornell.<br>
<br>
===> Yes, it is/was a Pigeon Guillemot. Thanks!<br>
<br>
****<br>
<br>
As to the cormorant - my ID from the photo was fine, but I may not have<br>
done as good a job for the birds on the ferry pilings as opposed to<br>
the old cannery pilings. IOW - don't always think that some cormorants<br>
(insert bird of your interest) in one place are the same as the ones<br>
only a few yards away.<br>
I have looked at the pics I took of the 'other' cormorants and it is<br>
inconclusive whether or not there were some Pelagics in the ones on<br>
the pilings near the ferry (a bundle called a "bollard"). There are<br>
some 'quite possible' pelagics in those birds.<br>
<br>
- thanks to all ... Jimse<br>
<br>
P.S. I'm a bit disappointed to discover that Cornell isn't including<br>
images as obviously important as these Pigeon Guillemot phases.<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Tweeters mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Tweeters@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters</a><br>
</blockquote></div>