. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Brandt Cormorant. Taken in Washington Photo by the Author NEST AND EGGS OF BRANDT CORMORANT BRANDT'S Cormorant is both more sociable—or, strictly speaking, gregarious—and more wary than its milder-mannered cousins, the Faral- lon and the White-crest (P. a. cincinatus). Such wariness is a little hard to account for, because the Indians of our southern coasts, where the bird enjoys its widest distribution, were never such bold navigators as those
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Brandt Cormorant. Taken in Washington Photo by the Author NEST AND EGGS OF BRANDT CORMORANT BRANDT'S Cormorant is both more sociable—or, strictly speaking, gregarious—and more wary than its milder-mannered cousins, the Faral- lon and the White-crest (P. a. cincinatus). Such wariness is a little hard to account for, because the Indians of our southern coasts, where the bird enjoys its widest distribution, were never such bold navigators as those of the Northland, who have for generations robbed the rookeries of the White-crested, Pelagic, and Red-faced Cormorants. Nevertheless, Brandt's is a familiar figure on the piles of the unfrequented piers, as well as on the rocky headlands of our entire coastline. If the bird is not exactly of a mind to fly at the first alarm from a passing steamer, it stands with wings half open, that, should necessity arise, no time may be lost in making good its escape. Again, a group of them will sit on a low-lying reef, or even on a floating log, with wings half extended, "drying their clothes" in the sunshine. The wings as well as the feet are used under water, but we cannot guess why the Cormorants more than other aquatic species should be averse to wet plumage. These birds nest in large, close-set colonies, which, partly no doubt for sanitary reasons, they relocate from year to year. At least a last 1950. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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