Martha, this sounds like the Pelagic Cormorant that my husband and I have
been seeing around the Edmonds ferry since early last November.

We have a few pictures of it posted at
http://home.comcast.net/~dow_lambert/PelagicCormorant.htm.

Marlene Lambert
Lake Forest Park, WA
marlene_lambert at comcast.net

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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:51:51 -0800
From: "Martha Jordan" <swanlady at drizzle.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] white splotched cormorant
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I was getting on the Edmonds ferry to go to a dog show, tide was in and at
the top of one of the big pilings for the ferry we saw a double-crested
cormorant with an odd coloration. It had a pure white belly on the lower
1/2 of the underside and a thin white line on the front side of the throat
(lateral) running up the throat for about 1/3 distance. The rest of the bird

appeared all dark. It did had the distinctive head shape of a
double-crested, bill color and such. We saw it as the ferry was pulling out

and there was no time for a camera or a second look.
Has anyone observed this bird before?

Martha Jordan
www.swansociety.org



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