. Birds of North Carolina . FlO. 28. DOVBLECRESTEI) These are the coniiiioii corinorants on (nir coast in winter, where they are oftenseen perched on stakes set by the fishermen to hold their nets or to mark the variouschannels through the sliallow sounds. .\s evening comes they congregate in flocksof from ten to forty indiviiluals. and in solid ranks go Hying low ovtr tlic waterto some favorite lump of shell, or small sandy island, on which to roost. Oneevening early in April, 1898, Pearson dug a hole in the shells of a miniature islandin Wysocking Bay, Hyde County, where, lying c
. Birds of North Carolina . FlO. 28. DOVBLECRESTEI) These are the coniiiioii corinorants on (nir coast in winter, where they are oftenseen perched on stakes set by the fishermen to hold their nets or to mark the variouschannels through the sliallow sounds. .\s evening comes they congregate in flocksof from ten to forty indiviiluals. and in solid ranks go Hying low ovtr tlic waterto some favorite lump of shell, or small sandy island, on which to roost. Oneevening early in April, 1898, Pearson dug a hole in the shells of a miniature islandin Wysocking Bay, Hyde County, where, lying concealed, he was enabled to watchunobserved the hundreds of cormorants which came there to roost. Without excep-tion the flocks all pitched in the water a short distance away, and later swamleisurely ashore. Cormorants are much dislik(>d by fishermen, who declare that thebirds enter their ])oiuid-nets and i)rey uiion the vahiablr fish. tt t> 0-3 as- to. > ; to B M 3 S « §■« a p CO p i-^iPl ■^ g „ J £» = §•-•-„gs o o -vO CD <^ ^ ; ^ 53,3-?„g „ii B == --3 o a J^ ^S M » S » -S 2 iB B I H^^^^ ^li^^v E^^^ 1j ^^^1 i 1^3 \^^i 1^ ^r^p Descriptive List 49 35. Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus (Aud.). Florida Cormorant. Description.—Similar to the Double-crested Cormorant, but averaging smaller. L., ; W., to ; T., ; B., Range.—Breeds from North Carolina southward; winters from South Carolina in North Carolina.—Coastal region in svmimer; breeds. On May 25, 1898, Pearson discovered what, so far as yet known, is the onlybreeding-colony of these birds north of Florida. It is situated on the shores ofGreat Lake in Craven County, and at that date contained one hundred and fiftyoccupied nests. Although the birds are unmolested by man, their numbers sincethat date have been slowly decreasing, and in 1908 the colony numliered only onehundred and twenty nests. Li 1
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