Another Day in the Life of Brandt’s Cormorants
July 6, 2018. West Cliff Drive, Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, CA. You may be getting tired of the ongoing saga of the cormorant nesting colony. But I [...]
Babies Are Growing Fast!
West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, May 13 - June 1, 2018 The baby cormorants are exploding in size, seemingly overnight. There are a few small newly hatched chicks [...]
The Babies are Hatching!
May 12, 2018, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA The eggs at the Brandt's Cormorant colony are beginning to hatch! Gray, reptile looking chicks are showing their heads and [...]
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants April 2018 I've been periodically visiting two nesting colonies of two different species of cormorants: Brandt’s and Pelagic. There is a third species found in [...]