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Watch the birdie
More picspam, from a walk along the canal a couple of weeks ago - took the same walk today but forgot my camera, which was annoying because I saw a couple of very nice Mandarin ducks. Anyway, last time I got pictures of another odd duck - not sure of species - and a big black bird I couldn't get close enough to identify - I think it may be a heron of some sort but I'm not sure. Anyone know?
later - several IDs of the big bird as a cormorant, and a tentative ID of the duck as a male Ruddy Shelduck that doesn't have its full plumage from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
were_gopher. Must say the cormorant thing surprises me, but I suppose there is nothing impossible about it.
later - several IDs of the big bird as a cormorant, and a tentative ID of the duck as a male Ruddy Shelduck that doesn't have its full plumage from
were_gopher. Must say the cormorant thing surprises me, but I suppose there is nothing impossible about it.
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The duck may be a male Ruddy Shelduck that's not quite come into it's full plumage yet. The bottom one I think is a Cormorant