Thanks for your clarification. This is what keeps birding interesting into
old age.
alanroedell at gmail.com

On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 1:05 PM <jimbetz at jimbetz.com> wrote:


> Hi again,

>

> OK - lesson learned. When trying to ID a bird - don't use just one

> reference

> source.

>

> Both all-about-birds and Merlin are essentially the same (exactly?) in

> terms

> of what they include/don't include ... and, for this Pigeon Guillemot I

> also

> made the mistake of using photos as my primary ID method. Both of those

> use the same set of photos - none of which show a Pigeon Guillemot in any

> color other than black or very dark brown. So, although I'd already

> looked at the Pigeon Guillemot, I'd said to myself "the markings are the

> same, but the color is wrong" when that was wrong.

> When I did a simple Google search for images of Pigeon Guillemots I

> found several that were essentially identical to the picture I took and

> the bird that I saw and took the picture of was easily ID'd from those

> photos. I suspect that both Merlin and all-about-birds are the same

> because I think they are both from Cornell.

>

> ===> Yes, it is/was a Pigeon Guillemot. Thanks!

>

> ****

>

> As to the cormorant - my ID from the photo was fine, but I may not have

> done as good a job for the birds on the ferry pilings as opposed to

> the old cannery pilings. IOW - don't always think that some cormorants

> (insert bird of your interest) in one place are the same as the ones

> only a few yards away.

> I have looked at the pics I took of the 'other' cormorants and it is

> inconclusive whether or not there were some Pelagics in the ones on

> the pilings near the ferry (a bundle called a "bollard"). There are

> some 'quite possible' pelagics in those birds.

>

> - thanks to all ... Jimse

>

> P.S. I'm a bit disappointed to discover that Cornell isn't including

> images as obviously important as these Pigeon Guillemot phases.

>

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