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1^# A A A Post at 3/02/2012 12:55 Show author

Great cormorant - no photos

Sitting in my study at home I can see 4 cormorants and an Osprey in the bay below us in Sai Kung. Two cormorants swimming, two flying around. Is this an unusual record for this species? I don't recall having seen cormorants in Sai Kung in the last 2 years or so that we have lived here. Thanks. Andrew

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2^# A A A Post at 29/02/2012 11:05 Show author

Today 6 cormorants in the bay - 1 sporting white filoplumes and white flank patch.

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3^# A A A Post at 29/02/2012 13:21 Show author

Great Cormorant is not rare in Sai Kung - they might forage in Sai Kung at day time but return to NWNT for roosting.
But you see it roosting at night, that could be unusal cormorant species, e.g. Japanese Cormorant.

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4^# A A A Post at 29/02/2012 15:57 Show author

Thanks. Probably I haven't seen them in the past because I was at work in the day. Now I'm retired maybe I just see more.

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