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We first spotted these green heron about 6 years ago, but never saw them on our end of the lake. Last week there were two of them. Maybe newly grown chicks?

Near them was another bird we hadn't seen before which someone told me was a cormorant. We saw it for two days in a row and then it was gone. Do these migrate?

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ranunculus

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yourlibrarian

I don't know that I did, though I'm aware there are various bird identification sites. I do like the name though 😉

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adafrog

Cool. Thanks.

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yourlibrarian

You're welcome

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julian

re: Cormorants, yes, they migrate lots. I forget/don't know where you are, but double crested cormorants (which that looks like, maybe) tend to go southish for the winter (so as to avoid ice and so on), to the Gulf states if you're in the US.

Also, nice green heron picture there. They're so weird.

Edited Date: 2022-09-23 02:26 am (UTC)

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yourlibrarian

That makes sense then. We were probably just a weekend stop for it on its journey.

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cmcmck

We get cormorants in the UK and it certainly looks like one. They do migrate but their migration patterns are odd.

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yourlibrarian

We understand that they tend to like sitting with their wings spread to dry but we never saw that, nor spotted it in the water. Maybe we'll get another visit sometime.

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shirebound

Great pics! I don't think I've seen green herons before.

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yourlibrarian

The first time we saw them we'd never have guessed they were part of the heron family, they're so small. But then we saw one extend its neck and were "Ok, yeah, we see why now."

Of course they've barely any green either...