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Assembly in Heather Farm Park |
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Juvenile |
Heather Farm Park |
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It is all about balance |
No flowers, no wedding ring, |
but a very special stick |
which will bond the couple
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Juvenile and ring-billed gull |
Double crested Cormorant |
Double crested Cormorant |
Double crested Cormorant
Lafayette Reservoir |
Double crested Cormorant
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Cormorants and Pelicans
Lake del Valle |
They suddenly flew from their rock wall, to have
a meeting on the water. After a short time they flew back to the
rock wall. |
Sharing a comfortable branch in Del Valle Lake |
Cormorant drying the wings |
Brandt's Cormorant at Moss Landing |
This is from Point Lobos. The
white rock in the background is Bird Rock where hundreds of cormorants gather
together.
The following photos show a few families with their young
on a small cliff. |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Brandt's Cormorant |
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Crests are up. Time for breeding
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Double crested Cormorant |
Double crested Cormorant |
Young couple in courtship at Martinez Shoreline. |
Double crested Cormorant |
Double crested Cormorant |
Double crested Cormorant |
I will watch over you my love |
This is a residential gull which enjoys the
company of cormorants |
You can see him standing on a plank together with
this cormorant in Heather Farm |
They appear to be good friends |
though the friendship is at times a bit shaky |
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