A Smudge of White 3I5785
“There’s a smudge of white,” she said, as she brushed a finger along the right side of her mouth. I turned on the deck and suddenly realized she was talking to me. “Oh,” I responded. “Which side?” Reaching up to wipe my dirty face with one hand, while simultaneously shifting the weight of the camera into the other, and wondering what in God’s name I could have gotten on my face?
“No, not you! The bird!” she responded. “The bird has a smudge of white. It’s a Neotropic Cormorant, not a double crested, like all the rest.” I admit that I had not noticed the difference until it was pointed out, but proceeded to photograph the unusual Wakodahatchee attendee. These birds, generally of Central and South America, have been slowly making their way northward into the southern US. They are the only cormorant that regularly “dives” into the water after its food. So, a smudge of white isn’t their only defining characteristic. #NeotropicCormorant
A Smudge of White 3I5785
“There’s a smudge of white,” she said, as she brushed a finger along the right side of her mouth. I turned on the deck and suddenly realized she was talking to me. “Oh,” I responded. “Which side?” Reaching up to wipe my dirty face with one hand, while simultaneously shifting the weight of the camera into the other, and wondering what in God’s name I could have gotten on my face?
“No, not you! The bird!” she responded. “The bird has a smudge of white. It’s a Neotropic Cormorant, not a double crested, like all the rest.” I admit that I had not noticed the difference until it was pointed out, but proceeded to photograph the unusual Wakodahatchee attendee. These birds, generally of Central and South America, have been slowly making their way northward into the southern US. They are the only cormorant that regularly “dives” into the water after its food. So, a smudge of white isn’t their only defining characteristic. #NeotropicCormorant