Visiting nearby resort town with DUers, caught some interesting 'locals.'

[elleng]

[montanacowboy]

1. Great Blue Herons?

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[elleng]

2. Dunno, waiting for experts to identify.

[Dave in VA]

3. My guess would be Phalacrocoracidae

Check this out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant

Happy Thursday Elleng!

[Walleye]

5. I guess that's a family that cormorants belong to

[Dave in VA]

6. That is true

I love when I get a chance to use fancy words that I can't pronounce!

[Walleye]

7. Haha. I tried to pronounce it, but gave up

[Dave in VA]

10. Hey, it is Latin so

nobody really knows?

[elleng]

9. THANKS! approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

[Dave in VA]

11. You are welcome!

I do enjoy your posts so very much.

[Walleye]

4. If they dive and swim underwater they are cormorants

[elleng]

8. Thanks, didn't wait to see if they did those things!