Neotropic Cormorants – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Nannopterum brasilianum

Neotropic Cormorants are small, dark waterbirds with long tail, webbed feet, long necks, small heads and bright green to aquamarine colored eyes.

Neotropic Cormorant At Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2024|Categories: Grayson County, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Neotropic Cormorants, Texas|Tags: bottomlands, cormorant, cormorants, Lake Texoma, lakeside, marsh, Nannopterum brasilianum, Neotropic Cormorant, perched, resting, spring, vegetation, waterbirds|

I took these Neotropic Cormorant photos at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Grayson County, Texas two days ago. I was happy to see this cormorant species.

What The Changes In The 2021 AOS Supplement Meant For Me

By Mia McPherson|June 26th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Neotropic Cormorants, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: 2021 AOS Supplement, adult, autumn, Celtis reticulata, cormorant, cormorants, Corthylio calendula, desert, Double-crested Cormorant, fall, hackberry, kinglet, kinglets, landing, marsh, migration, Nannopterum auritus, Nannopterum brasilianum, Neotropic Cormorant, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, pond, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, shrub, spring, stump, urban, water, wetlands, winter|

The 2021 AOS Supplement did mean that I had a bit of work to do on my site after I read that it had been published on the ABA website last night.

New Year’s Day Neotropic Cormorant Sighting

By Mia McPherson|January 2nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Neotropic Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, cormorant, cormorants, flight, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, late sighting, mountains, Nannopterum brasilianum, Neotropic Cormorant, New Year's Day, pond, Ring-billed Gull, Wasatch Mountains, winter|

What caught my eyes was that one of the cormorants was smaller, sleeker and darker than the other two birds and before I even scoped it through my lens I knew that I had found an out of season Neotropic Cormorant.