Cormorants

I live (so far, so good) and learn (hopefully)!

 

The other day, at the Ponds, I met a dyed-in-the-wool birder, who awakened me to the fact that there are many, many, specific names for flocks of different birds. Thus flocks of Cormorants are referred to as flights, or gulps. Ya coulda fooled me!

 

Which leads me to my picture of a flight or gulp of Cormorants, which I saw at the Ponds the other day. I think they were Double-crested Cormorants, though they seemed a little light in color. The sight was a little strange, since I usually observe being rugged individualists, though I have seen large flights (or gulps) of them skimming over the water in the Bay.

 

Looks like the bird in the right front was barking out orders. But Cormorants don't bark.

 

Enough of this tomfoolery!