Cormorant

Cormorant taking off

I just got my camera back. The auto focus didn't work. It took Circuit City in Valley Forge just over a month to "repair" it. I saw three cormorants together a few days ago. The wood ducks are back. Most of the geese and mallards and heron never left. I see two red tailed hawks together a lot. I have not see the Osprey! Bummer. I hope he/she comes back. The deer ticks are out in force. I got bit a few times it seems. Tiny little bites/bulls eye. So of course I am on antibiotics again!

Double-Crested Cormorant

I mentioned a black bird with a long neck, with a yellow/orange beak yesterday. I saw him again this morning, diving, diving, diving. So I went out to try to sneak up on him and grab a photo, but apparently he had decided to go, and I spotted him high in the sky. I did get a decent photo of him, as you can see. My best guess is that he is a Double-Crested Cormorant. The photo was taken around 8:05 am. It is sunny out. 37 degrees.