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This is a water bird sitting on a buoy. It could be trying to hunt or just taking a rest. It looks all black, but couldn't be a crow. It looks slightly smaller than a crow but bigger than a blackbird. Since it's neck is longer and curved, it could be a water-fowl. It sat on the buoy for about an hour.

This is a water bird sitting on a buoy. It could be trying to hunt or just taking a rest. It looks all black, but couldn't be a crow. It looks slightly smaller than a crow but bigger than a blackbird. Since it's neck is longer and curved, it could be a water-fowl. It sat on the buoy for about an hour.

It is my steady single male Calypte anna. Perching on the same few northern branches of an Oak tree, approximately 2 meters above ground.
THis morning I got to spend over an hour with this little fist fellow and observe him as he protected his territory from other two passing thru hummingbirds and even once he challenged one very loud mature Carpodacus mexicanus and one breeding mature spizella passerina that dare to perch on top of his brenches.