So I woke up a bit after midnight and had this thought:   I should go try for the NeCo.  In Gorham, NH.  It’s been on the NH List Serve for awhile.

So I blasted off at 7:30….. made it to Gorham Power Station about 9:25…..and by 9:30 I was looking at my first Neotropic Cormorant.  It was right on the buoy line above the falls.

Then after about 15,  it hopped into the water…..went below the dam…..and stood on a rock in the stream for an hour, right next to 3 Double-crested’s.  Sweet !

I took some fair photos through my scope with my iPhone.  Some aren’t bad. 

1 Osprey, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, and 4 Common Mergs.

The Neotropic is smaller. This seemed to be an adult non-breeding. The base of the bill has a more acute angle than the DCCO.  Smaller bill, longer tail.  Nice bird !

A woman said it had been around since early August.

Happy trails

BiSh