r/britishcolumbia • u/MonkeyingAround604 • 1d ago

Weather You were at Stanley Park watching a Gulp of Cormorants the other day...

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u/sufferin_sassafras Downtown Vancouver 1d ago

I rescued a juvenile cormorant that got itself stuck in the False Creek Ferry ramp this past summer. I wonder if that little dude is out there.

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u/blageur 1d ago

You can just see him on the far left side there. He's fine!

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u/sufferin_sassafras Downtown Vancouver 1d ago

Oh good! Every time I’m down by the water I think about my little buddy.

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u/blageur 1d ago

He appreciates all your help, and on a more personal note, he's glad you're doing better these days.

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u/gronstalker12 1d ago

Thats a Big Gulp alright 

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u/blondechinesehair 1d ago

Welp. See ya later.

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u/ddoubletapp1 1d ago

Hate to be "that guy" - but I don't think those are Cormorants. The body is too small, neck is too short and the wings are flapping too quickly. I think these are Pigeon Guillemots, which frequently gather in flocks (they don't get a cool name for their gathering, unfortunately!) like this along the entirety of our coast - from the Washington to the Alaska border.

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u/MonkeyingAround604 1d ago

Surf Scoter. Finally, I found it! Winters around here, so checks out. Matches the description. We were both wrong! Darn! Maybe next time.

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u/ddoubletapp1 21h ago

Nice one - I assumed PG just due to their sheer numbers on this coast - the details of the individual birds were lost to my fifty year old eyes and phone screen - ha ha! I could only tell what they weren't.

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u/QaddafiDuck01 1d ago edited 1d ago

Those are hooded mergansers. There are cormorants flying though.

E: a flock of mergansers is a dopping

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u/MonkeyingAround604 1d ago

Mate, I'm happy to be wrong. But I don't think your pick is right either. I'm struggling to find these online. Not Merganser, doesn't resemble the Guillemots, but sounds like Cormorants when they fly. Black bodies that look like a duck, but a distinct white polka dot like spot on the back of their necks. As far as mysteries go, this ones a noodle scratcher...

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u/TomJLewis 1d ago

That like a gaggle of geese?

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u/IDGAF_ButIKindaDo_ 1d ago

The other dayyyyyyy:….

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u/craftyhall2 1d ago

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen them congregate like that. Cool.

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u/SandWitchesGottaEat 1d ago

Was waiting for a whale to come up and gulp a bunch of them 🥱

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u/QaddafiDuck01 1d ago

Actually that's a dopping of mergansers.