Cormorant population at our lakes

[Marley]

...From what I've seen these cormorants tend to nest in tall trees. A lot of their young tend to kick the bucket since the weight of the juvi- often breaks the branches that they're nesting on.

Yup. Not so much this year, but if you drove past the Anaheim Lake compound the last few years you could see the nests they built in the eucalyptus trees along the south shore. All that fishy droppings denuded the trees and eek, what a smell.

[DarkShadow]

Not sure how much of this is tongue-in-cheek, but those are Mexican cormorants...

LOL, Mexican cormorants?

Not sure how much of THIS is tongue-in-cheek.

I thought they were Central American cormorants, personally.

[HawgZWylde]

12 Gauge solution

Best post here! Kill em all! My 20 gauge would work fine for the job...

[HawgZWylde]

LOL, Mexican cormorants?

Not sure how much of THIS is tongue-in-cheek.

I thought they were Central American cormorants, personally.

The northern populations are often called Mexican or Olivaceous Cormorants, and many authors treat these as a separate species, P. olivaceus.

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/106...Cormorant.aspx

[DarkShadow]

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/106...Cormorant.aspx

Neotropic brasilanus?

Apparently they illegally migrated from Brasil into Mexico first, considering the taxonomical classification.

I always thought we had Phalacrocorax auritus here in California, and not brasilanus.

[Marley]

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Not sure how much of THIS is tongue-in-cheek.....

Not a bit. They're Mexican cormorants, the name is what it is.

[Marley]

Best post here! Kill em all! My 20 gauge would work fine for the job...

Love my 20. Saves my shoulder and the meat, though I don't know how sweet cormorant meat would be. Probably more than a little gamey.

[DarkShadow]

Not a bit. They're Mexican cormorants, the name is what it is.

I know that, but you're certain the ones that invaded our local lakes aren't of the regular double-crested variety?

[muskyman]

You know Tri-city park and Ralph B never had cormies in it ........then the DFG put candy trout in there and low and behold - what followed. Sorta a double edged sword. We got the bass bigger faster - but on the same hand, we got those friggin cormorants. Something I noticed when I use to live out there.

[Marley]

I know that, but you're certain the ones that invaded our local lakes aren't of the regular double-crested variety?

Not the ones I see, but that doesn't mean others aren't here. I have seen other-than-Mexican cormorants in the ocean, though.