* Minnesota has an estimated 50,000 double-crestedcormorants including young of the year, and immature birds. There are about 16,000 nesting pairs in 39 colonies in25 counties. * There are an ...
The double-crested cormorant is one of many seabirds that love to eat salmon. Many of the birds were driven away from East Sand Island near the mouth of the Columbia River decades ago in an effort to ...
Mark Engle sees the signs that his Great Lakes nightmare is returning. A federal judge's ruling in 2016 halted wildlife management agencies from their practice of killing limited numbers of ...
EAST SAND ISLAND, COLUMBIA RIVER ESTUARY — Shots ring out — boom, boom, boom, boom — then there’s a splash: government agents gunning for double-crested cormorants have hit their mark again. Federal ...
One of our most distinctive birds is the almost reptilian fish-eater, the cormorant. Historically subject to both pesticide pollution by agricultural chemicals like DDT pesticide, and by persecution ...