inforum

Unpopular cormorants like to fish

Double-crested cormorants don't get much respect these days. While I don't expect to generate much sympathy for the cormorant, I do wonder about the recent level of disdain and disgust often ...
agerpres

WILD DELTA: Cormorants, birds that guarantee sustainability of fishing in the Danube Delta

Cormorants, like pelicans, are proof of the existence of fish in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (RBDD) and are a barometer of the resource that can be used by the locals, some professional ...
inforum

Cormorant concern: Wildlife agencies are looking at ways of managing a population that has had an impact on fish farming and the baitfish industry

When Katie Haws started working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in 1980, the double-crested cormorant was listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin. Sightings of the water bird in ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Birds: Cormorants are a coastal bird, but you can find them at Salem Lake, too

If you were like many northwest Piedmont residents, you might have spent a week or so at one of North Carolina’s beaches sometime over the summer. And if, while you lounged in your beach chair, you ...
AOL

This Bird Manages to Gulp Down a Huge Fish Bigger Than Its Whole Head

You know that feeling when you’re especially hungry and want to eat as much as possible, but your mouth is only so big? Well, some animals don’t have that problem! Unlike humans with our relatively ...
The New York Times

CORMORANT FISHING.; BIRDS TRAINED TO CATCH FISH--A CHINESE PRACTICE IN ENGLAND--A SPORT SUPERIOR TO ANCIENT FALCONRY.

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The State

Targeted for death, fish-eating birds gain reprieve from federal court

The double-crested cormorant – a type of bird hated by many South Carolina fishermen – gained an ally this week that could protect the species from federally sanctioned hunting efforts in the Palmetto ...
CBS News

Some big seabirds have eaten and pooped their way onto a Japanese holy island's most-wanted list

Tokyo — The "shrine island" of Miyajima is one of Japan's most iconic destinations. A quick ferry ride from downtown Hiroshima, the postcard-perfect locale is much-loved for its giant "floating" ...
WESA

Fish And Wildlife Service May Appeal Judge's Ruling On Cormorants

A judge in Washington, D.C., has shut down a program that allowed some migratory birds to be killed in large numbers across the Eastern United States. The court says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
katu

Cormorants of East Sand Island: Film highlights efforts to remove the fish-eating birds

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'controversial culling of double-crested cormorants from an island at the mouth of the Columbia River has led to the total collapse of a colony of ...

Cormorants and their acidic poop are causing a stink on Toronto islands. What can be done?

Double-crested cormorants and their acidic poop are destroying habitats and driving people away from Toronto islands. But ...