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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79">Hi Tweets,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79">From the ferry about to leave the Anacortes dock for San Juan Island on Friday, I spotted two active
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/trileigh/53133621873/in/dateposted/">cormorant nests</a> amid a bunch of standing cormorants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79">An experienced birder standing next to me identified the nesting birds (and presumably most of the others) as Double-cresteds. But I’m leaning toward Pelagic,
based on the thin beak and the lack of orange skin around the base of the beak. Before I post the sighting on eBird, I’d love to get your take. Lighting was poor (backlit), but I’ve lightened the
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/trileigh/53133621873/in/dateposted/">photo</a> to try to get enough detail to confirm species. What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79">Thanks much,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79">Trileigh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Trileigh Tucker<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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