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Aren't the dark birds flying in the back row Pygmy Cormorants?

Your Red-breasted Geese mingle among the other species? I was told that our flock at Slano Kopovo stays separate from the other geese.
 
Aren't the dark birds flying in the back row Pygmy Cormorants?

Your Red-breasted Geese mingle among the other species? I was told that our flock at Slano Kopovo stays separate from the other geese.

I didn't see any Pygmy Cormorant in that area (only some Cormorants flying over).

Usually Red-breasted are close to large White-fronted flocks. When I arrived there in the morning I saw two flocks on the lake: one of Greylag Geese and one of Red-breasted Geese. Later, flocks of White-fronted arrived (around 1000 birds) and landed on the lake - this was the time when I took the pic. It is not unusual to find Red-breasted among White-fronted on water or on field, but when they take off they use to fly in different flocks.
 

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