Little Black Cormorant at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | 23 Dec 2021 | natureguy | ||
| Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | 22 Dec 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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Shortly after seeing them they all flew off. Most landed in a nearby tree. However, a while later a few still in the water began a frenzied flapping of wings before diving down into the water. A behaviour I've not seen before. Trying to stir up the fish perhaps? or mating behaviour?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.015692-35.188356
- Altitude 566.9m
- Maps West Belconnen Pond
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 28 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2021 10:22 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Birds Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds AlisonMilton
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
- 284 images trained Machine learning
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