double-crested cormorant

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By Oh, My!!!!

Wooooo! American white pelicans paused in their migration at Jordan Lake this morning. Flock of 20-25 of them. They were happily fishing among a hundred or so double-crested cormorants. The knob on top of the beak of some of the pelicans is a caruncle that appears during their breeding season.

By Double-Crested Cormorant Rookery

Talk about hyperactive daycare … While out cruising with Captain Doug we found a double-crested cormorant rookery. A rookery is a collection of nests. There are at least four nests that you can see in the video. The parents were feeding their chicks. The parent carries a fish back to the nest within its neck pouch and allows its chick to poke its head into the parent’s throat and pull the fish out. Not the way I would want to feed a youngster but then I don’t have feathers and I’m not a cormorant. Jordan Lake.

By Turtle and Cormorant

Jordan Lake. “Dear cormorant,” said the turtle, “if you don’t mind would you please tell me what you see above all the trees? There must be more than just sky which is all I can barely see.” “Dear turtle,” replied the cormorant, “yes I will share what my sight reveals as we rest here on sunny log.” Captain Doug and I drifted past and so didn’t hear the bird’s tale, alas.

By Blue-Eyed Lake Glider

Join the blue-eyed lake glider for a quiet interlude. As the double-crested cormorant gets closer to its breeding season its eyes will become a brighter deeper blue … a hint that though it is winter now spring will follow in March-April.