The Baird Cormorant 



Taken in Washington 



A NESTING WALL OF BAIRD CORMORANTS 



CAREFUL INSPECTION WILL MAKE OUT FORTY BIRDS SITTING ON OR NEAR THEIR NESTS 



Photo by the Author 



inch buffalo cod is presumed to be sufficient occupation for union hours. 

 As might be inferred from their choice of nesting sites, Baird Cor- 

 morants are more sprightly than the larger species, and also exceedingly 

 shy. An interview at close quarters is impossible, and we must employ 

 stealth to get close enough to one to note the lustrous black plumage 

 with the flashing iridescence of violet and green and purple, the curious 

 feather-tufts like budding horns, and the blood-red eyes, which im- 

 part to their owners a fierce, not to say wicked, appearance. Under 

 apprehension of danger, the bird will crane its neck at every conceiv- 

 able angle, punctuating its moments of anxiety with a flirt of its mobile 



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