Vol. 28 // And the birdie goes… oink? 🐷

Found in Texas, Mexico, and Central and South America

Hear Their Song

If you’ve ever passed by a tree full of Neotropic Cormorants with their arms outstretched on a foggy night, you know how spooky they can be. Sometimes hundreds of them take to lakeside trees, or a rooftop, or floating buoys, and open their arms while standing perfectly still to dry their wings. But during the daytime they can usually be found swimming and fishing. 

These agile birds with a bit of orange at the base of their beaks and S-shaped necks can dive deep underwater in search of small fish, frogs, or insects. They also make a grunt that some people have described as sounding like a pig or even the Grudge. 

Fun fact: Cormorants are used as fishing partners by humans in many parts of the world. You may have seen this viral Tik Tok of a Chinese fisherman accompanied by Great Cormorants.

Give a Hoot

Birding bits you should know about this week

🧭 Learn
Will travel for birds
Birdwatching brought in $378 million to the state of Alaska in 2016, and supported roughly 4,300 jobs. 

👂 Listen
Rare yellow rail heard in Colorado for first time in over 100 years
A recognizable song sets the birding community on a search for a rare visitor.

👾 Play
Find the Birds
Can’t get outside? Play the game that lets you explore real habitats around the world, spot birds, and learn about their features — all from your phone.

📷 Bonus:
Apply for the New York State 2022 Outdoor Photo Contest through October 15!

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Is it the cormorants, whose black wings, one by one, 

Cut the blue wave that o'er them breaks in liquid pearls?

Is it some hovering sprite with whistling scream that hurls

Down to the deep from yon old tower a loosened stone?

— “Moonlight on the Bosphorus” by Victor Hugo

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