So then what is it? Do you know? The Coot doesn’t have the webbed feet so I don’t know but it’s an attractive bird. I’ve been out and about today, stopped at a quarter wash to blow my tires and wheels clean. They are still new but started looking grungy, thank you power washer! Those quarter washes seem few and far between in this city and very costly. It took two dollars and twenty five cents to blast my wheels and tires clean, such a good price eh?
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Neck Stretches 
Coot Party 
Squabbling 
Coots -n- Ducks 
You’ve got their name, John, from everyone above! Try for close-ups of their eyes, they are turquoise. 🙂
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Hi John, these are double-crested cormorants. Neotropic cormorants are only found in Texas and Mexico. Here is a helpful link of Las Vegas birds. https://www.birdandhike.com/Wildlife/Birds/00Birds.htm
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Wow Jet, you really know your birds! Thanks so much for the link, I’ve seen some of the birds in and out of the city. The Road Runners are fun to watch zipping along! 🥰
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I am with the other ornithologists here: yep, they’re cormorants.
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Oh,and great captures too.
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Thanks!! 😎
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Great photos. They are silly birds. As pointed out, they are cormorants, that look to be Neotropic Cormorants – Phalacrocorax brasilianus. I see one or two on the Rio Grande every no and then.
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Thanks Tim! I’ll take your word on the Neotropic, not sure what that means!
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Just a more specific name.
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I see chickens John. They’re everywhere!!!
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Water Chickens! Probably not good eating…
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Nice photos of these cormorants. I rarely see more than one at any time.
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Thank you Belinda! I remembered the Coot but these guys I didn’t know. They were just soaking up the sunshine! 😎🌞
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Those look like cormorants.
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Thank you Anneli! The Coot is easy to spot with no webbed feet, now I know what this bird is. ❤️
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They also have shorter necks and shorter bills thn cormorants do
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