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neotropic cormorant is my guess

basis is no white on rump which excludes several, and minimal yellow around the bill on what appears to be the male out of what i think is a pair

I used Cornell and identified them as Pelagic Cormorants. I should have marked the post accordingly. There are images on Cornell and on Sibley that appear identical to these.

They look more like Pelagic than Neotropic to me. The bare skin around the bill lacks the orange of the Neotropic in all ages. The red skin of the Neotropic is very muted in non-breeders. It's hard to tell whether the white flank patch of the Pelagic is not visible because it is in shadow, or because the birds are juveniles or non-breeding adults. (Sibley guide and Peter Harrison's "Seabirds: an Identification Guide").

Glad to see someone else is still using 'Harrison' !

Gotta get my money's worth out of it. Does someone have a new seabirds guide in the works? I seem to remember hearing that.

Over the Easter weekend we attended a cluster of dog shows in the Bundaberg, Qld, Australia region. I took some time out to photograph some of the Black Kites that were only about a kilometer from the showgrounds. Weather was lousy with overcast conditions and intermittent rain. Trialling the 1.4x convertor attached to the 70-200 f2.8 on my K-3ii. Usually my Sigma 50-500 is the birding lens but didn't want to cart a bundle of stuff with me and I really haven't shot much with the teleconvertor.

Trying to see about pushing the limits of this Kit Lens.

A few from today, a Black Tern and some Little Gulls chasing flies. The birds were quite close and moved so erratically that autofocus was completely pointless, which frustrated me immensely until I decided to just give up and use old-fashioned manual focus. That worked out well. K3II+DFA150-450.

I haven't posted in here in a while. Thought I show you this one I took with a 28-105mm @105. I was taking sunset photos and these Ibis photo bombed me.



Click on photo to see larger image, the birds do seem to be in focus even with the lower shutter speed used.

A very nice, pleasant surprise!!

Thanks Chip!
Yes, it was a surprise. I didn't even see the birds until I got the photo loaded up on the computer. That small camera LCD doesn't show much sometimes, when it's almost dark outside. And I was happy with the shot to boot.

Practicing BIF techniques on small shore birds. I call the album "Chasing Feathered Bullets". K3ii + 55-300 PLM

Fabulous shot! How quick to focus is the 70-200 f2.8 with and without the TC?

Wasn't expecting to see wildlife, then this one flew up. Taken with a Sigma 135/2.8 Pantel and cropped.

Darter by RobGeraghty, on Flickr