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March 1, 2026



A Gathering of Cormorants



Diving ducks like red breasted mergansers will also fish the channels in a group like this—but we don't see them in such large numbers as these cormorants.


This was at sunrise on October 21st of last year, with great white egrets in the background and the sound of clapper rails.


For more cormorants, just SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



Silent But for
Their Wings



The previous videos were taken at sunrise.


Later in the day, we caught them fishing another channel behind our house.


What a backyard we have!


For more cormorants in another nearby location at sunrise the next day, just SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



More Cormorants
at Sunrise



The next day I discovered the cormorants gathering to fish the channel north of our house. I tried taking a less close-up video for the most part to show just how many cormorants were gathering. They were like a constant stream of ever-gathering cormorants! By the time I close in on them, you’re watching them gather from the beginning and then they just keep coming: no repeats! The closeup at the end is just the ones that are left, the others have moved on up the channel.
For more cormorants at sunrise the next day, just SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



A Crowd of Cormorants



This huge gathering happened at sunrise the next morning, south of our property, with Wildwood in the background.


This was on October 23, 2025.


These cormorants were getting closer to Jenkins Sound.


To see them a little later in Jenkins Sound, SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



Another Big Bunch



Without the narrow channels to fish, these cormorants flew in a less organized manner. We kayak all these channels and it would be hard to imagine kayaking with these numbers of cormorants!


Brant geese gather in Jenkins Sound in the winter, but again—maybe not in quite so large numbers.


To see some of the Brant geese in the background of the cormorants, SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



Cormorants in Flight



The next morning at sunrise, Charlie filmed them flying over our house to go to Jenkins Sound again. Most of them land behind the marsh grass out of sight, but you can see some Brant geese behind them. In upstate New York as a child it was common to hear Canada geese honking as they flew overhead, even from indoors. I’m grateful that these cormorants are silent...otherwise it would be incredibly noisy!


To see where we spotted them again a few mornings later,

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March 1, 2026



Another Morning
of Cormorants



A few days later I spotted them just north of our house, heading east this time.


Then, they changed their mind and flew west!


We’re so glad we get up early in the mornings and didn’t miss them!


For a cloudy day perspective on the cormorants,

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March 1, 2026



Cloudy Day Cormorants



The next day was cloudy and maybe even a little before sunrise, as the Wildwood lights in the background are still on.


Again, we learned to watch for the cormorants by now.


This was on October 28th.


To see some of them eating,

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March 1, 2026



A Gulp of Cormorants



I’m calling all these cormorants all sorts of things, but for real, a gathering of cormorants is also called a “gulp” of cormorants because of the way they gulp their food!


Watch carefully to see some of them gulp their fish in this video! This was definitely a smaller group of cormorants.


Finally, for some drama with these cormorants, SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



Everybody Duck!



At the beginning of this video, I found the cormorants from above all huddled together, then watch them all dive under the water like synchronized swimmers as a large bird of prey swoops overhead! Sorry for my amateur videography, but I do manage to get some still video of the predator near the end (the cormorants huddling together look like they’re ready to take off at any moment)! We’re not sure what kind of bird of prey this was, but we often see bald eagles on and around the osprey nests—or maybe a golden eagle? Maybe you can tell us. For our last sighting of a large bunch of the cormorants, SCROLL DOWN…



March 1, 2026



Still With Us



We started to see this large bunch of cormorants less frequently as time went on, but we did spot them one more time in the rain north of our house on November 3rd.


Thanks as always for reading, and for experiencing our incredible 2 fall weeks of cormorants swimming our back bays while the terrapins slept! We’ll be watching for them this October in case they come close to our house again. And we promise our upcoming blog is already in the works and that it’s all about terrapins!





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