Calling out in the morning. This is one of several vocalizations of the bird.
Associated with Early Stone Age (Early Acheulean), Middle Stone Age (Fauresmith, Howiesonspoort, post Howiesonspoort) and Late Stone Age archaeology.
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
drying wings
Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel,
Lee Co., Florida
5 November 2006
Skull 14 mm. Lower jaw 8.75 mm. Forearm 32 mm. Body length 38.75 mm.
Seems early for them, no?
I was awakened at 3 AM to so much noise in my bedroom wall, I wondered if a raccoon had somehow gotten in. When I got up this morning, I found this little guy on my dining room floor, a victim of one of my cats.
Window strike - collected by friend in paleontology dept with a collecting permit to add to UT's vertebrate Paleontology skin/skeleton collection.
Just by luck we found this little bird while turning around at a dead-end. Never seen one before in my life! We even got to see their little bobbing dance!