cormorant

A great blue heron balanced on a dock and watched me; a cormorant eyed me curiously.

And populations of once-numerous birds such as American white pelicans, double-breasted cormorants and eared grebes have declined.

Both rescue centers are also treating other seabirds ill from domoic acid, including the western grebes, brandt’s cormorants and red-throated loons, but brown pelicans have most frequently been sick.

Double-crested cormorants are colonial nesters, meaning they build nests close together, usually in large numbers, and in elevated areas near water as their diet consists of various fish, according to the National Park Service.

Now, the pond was murky, and a cormorant stood hunting at the water’s edge.