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Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 08, 2026 08:05 by David Blue
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S381303767 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "A continuing bird reported August 2 by Nick Lethaby. The submitted photos show the orange facial skin coming to a point at an acute angle and bordered by a very thin faint white line, and no yellow on the lore.
This bird was perched in a tree on the left (south) side of the pullout at the half bridge and was photographed from this location:
(34.4116231, -119.8770116)
It was first seen at 8:05 AM and then flew off alone at 8:14 down the slough toward the beach."
Along La Josa Road. Just east of the creek, in a mix of live oak and avocado trees: (34.45874,-119.80870).
Sang briefly a few times but it was more distant at that point so audio quality is poor.
Presumably a continuing bird, reported most recently yesterday morning. It briefly seemed possible that there were two individuals in the same tree although I think that's unlikely given their rarity here."
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