I stopped by the river yesterday morning and saw a Brandt's Cormorant floating peacefully in a small lagoon. I didn't think he saw me, but apparently he did. He took a breath and disappeared from the surface. I counted the seconds before he re-surfaced and it was close to a minute before I saw him again. It was an incredible distance he swam for a medium sized bird and when he ended this free dive he had traveled under waer about 50 yards. I was quite impressed!
Cormorant is not a solitary bird - it lives in groups, flies and hunts with its fellow birds, and the three species that live in the Pacific Northwest are, Pelagic Cormorant, the Double-crested Cormorant, and the Brandt's Cormorant. They are among a small group of birds that live on land, travel through the air and swim for long distances, under the surface of the water.
I have often seen Cormorant under the water near the bottom hunting for fish and other food. while I was scuba diving or freediving,
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Last edited by Craig Baumann; May 6th, 2007 at 17:36.
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