Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

1 Little Black Cormorant at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	14 Oct 2018	ArcherCallaway
	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	14 Oct 2018	JonSteinbeck

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Driving down the Dairy Farmers Hill towards the entrance I had a good view of the small dam where I saw a number of Little Black Cormorants. They were doing sweeps across the dam. They travelled in a straight line across the dam’s surface, initially to the north. until they arrived at the shore of the dam. The group then changed direction in an anti-clockwise pattern to roughly an eastern heading and did the same thing. This time heading southwest to describe a rough triangle across the surface of the dam. Some of the birds were lucky to get good sized fish, then they would almost be mobbed by other birds. I think these were all adult birds. I took some photos from my car but I realised I needed to get out to obtain better shots. Unsure if they were disturbed by my presence but when they headed on the northward leg again, this time they all took off in that direction heading towards Lake Burley Griffin.

2 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:

15 Oct 2018

No cormorants there this afternoon when I dropped by

JonSteinbeck wrote:

15 Oct 2018

I had started my day at Lake Burley Griffin, just up from the Arboretum, before Black Mountain Peninsula specifically looking for cormorants and darters to photograph but saw none. I was very happy when I saw them on my way out of the Arboretum. Fortunately my wife was understanding about why I was a little late home that morning.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.073760 -35.291598
Altitude 580.0m
Maps National Arboretum Forests
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

13 Abundance
12 Oct 2018 09:04 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds

Species information

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Scientific name
Little Black Cormorant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 799m Recorded at altitude
297 images trained Machine learning
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