Rooftop Cormorants

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While out surveying gull nests I often see Pelagic Cormorants flying up to their nests underneath the Granville and Burrard Street Bridges, many returning with a beak-full of nesting material.

I was curious where they were gathering it from -– with their legs far back on their body and adapted to swimming, they are awkward while on land. You won’t see them waddling around much since it’s a risky endeavour for them.

Last Sunday I spotted a handful of them gathering vegetation from the ‘green’ rooftop of a building on False Creek and spent quite a while watching them.

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrant

Pelagic Coromrants gathering nest materials

Pelagic Coromrants gathering nest materials

Pelagic Coromrants gathering nest materials

Pelagic Coromrants

Pelagic Coromrants

Pelagic Coromrants

Pelagic Coromrant raiding a rooftop garden

Pelagic Coromrant raiding a rooftop garden

Pelagic Coromrant raiding a rooftop garden

Pelagic Coromrants perched on a rooftop

Pelagic Coromrants perched on a rooftop

Pelagic Coromrants perched on a rooftop

Another group were perched together on a nearby building.