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05-02-2005, 10:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Storrs
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Bird ID
I was in Green Hill, RI this past weekend and saw some huge flocks of birds floating about 1/4 - 1/2 mile out. They were there all weekend and numbered in the hundreds. Definitely all black, but from what I could see through the binoculars they didn't look like they had long necks like cormorants. Anyone else see them or have any idea what they were, and why they were there? I've never seen that before, I figured it had to do with bird mating season?? Thanks.
"Lou"
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05-02-2005, 01:18 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i saw some birds on friday and agian today that i didn't recognize either in and around buzards bay. They almost look like loons. Black head, ring around the neck, dark brown body, Duck shaped. Maybe its the same thing you saw. Doesn't help in the ID, sorry.
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i bent my wookie
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05-02-2005, 01:22 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Sounds like a Gannet possibly?
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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05-02-2005, 02:29 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i have never just seen a gannet floating out on the water, or just sitting around on dry land. Also, the first time there was just one, and then today I saw five sitting on the grass at fort phoenix. Normally I see 20+ gannets at a time. But, hey always seem to be feeding, so perhaps I was fooled, cause I've never seen one standing still, but I thought they had white body/head and dark wings?
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i bent my wookie
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05-02-2005, 02:53 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
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I scoured the internet, and I think the bird(s) I saw friday and today was a Black Brant...
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i bent my wookie
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05-02-2005, 03:53 PM
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gotta stop eating bait
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nahant
Posts: 39
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merganser perhaps
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