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Bird I. D.

  • 08-03-2020 09:25PM
    #1
    j14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭


    I was walking down by the Liffey in Waterstown Park (Palmerstown) and spotted this guy in the trees sitting over the river at 9.30am this morning.

    Any idea what it is?

    About the size of a crow if not a little bigger.


Comments

  • #2
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,483 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Looks like a rook to me


  • #3
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Yeah I thought rook too.


  • #4
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Is it not a cormorant? :o


  • #5
    j14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭j14


    DBB wrote: »
    Is it not a cormorant? :o

    As I stood there googling I thought it was a Cormorant but I thought I'd ask here.


  • #6
    Mickeroo
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    DBB wrote: »
    Is it not a cormorant? :o

    I was see sawing between the two as the pic is a bit blurry but the lack of a long neck made me think rook.


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  • #7
    gzoladz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,211 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    I go with Cormorant


  • #8
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    I was see sawing between the two as the pic is a bit blurry but the lack of a long neck made me think rook.

    I think it's the angle of the shot and the way the bird is sitting, but he's got his neck folded up, as they do! The long, narrow bill, the white area on the face, the plumage, the general shape, is all cormorant to my eye at least :o
    The photo is blurry though!


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 188 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cormorants have webbed feet - doubt one would be able to perch on a branch: Rook


  • #10
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Cormorants routinely perch in trees, on navigation structures, railings etc!
    Cormorants living inland even nest in trees :)


  • #11
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,530 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Yes, if you rotate the picture by 90 degrees and crop and zoom it you can see it's a cormorant.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 188 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hangs head and learns not to assume...


  • #13
    j14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭j14


    Apologies for the really bad photo but I only had an old phone camera with me and I had to zoom it all the way in (8xzoom).

    Thanks for all the help. I think the consensus is Cormorant but there is a Rook rebellion on the horizon. Ha ha ha.


  • #14
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    StevieHardesty wrote: »
    Hangs head and learns not to assume...

    :o Ah no, it's a fair enough assumption to make, and even though they regularly do it, they're not exactly elegant when they do! :)


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