Little Pied Cormorant at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Microcarbo melanoleucos | 10 May 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Microcarbo melanoleucos | 9 May 2020 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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This Little Pied Cormorant may have been the same bird I initially saw on a very small dam in the south-east corner of Aranda Bushland Reserve. Unfortunately, as soon as the bird saw me it took off. I went off to take some more photographs but coincidentally, as I was passing the dam again, this cormorant spiralled in descent as if to land. I prepared to take a photograph of if on the dam but it saw me and awkwardly climbed back up, where it circled at least twice around the dam before flying off to the south-west, the rough direction of Lake Burley Griffin. The dam I saw it on is not large and I assume cannot be that deep. It does not seem to be much life in it either.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.085782-35.275518
- Altitude 607.5m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Apr 2020 09:10 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
Species information
- Microcarbo melanoleucos Scientific name
- Little Pied Cormorant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 994.9m Recorded at altitude
- 525 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
