While kayaking on Lewis Bay, the low tide exposed some large boulders on the edge of the navigation channel into Mill Creek. Double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritas) often perch on the rocks, drying their feathers in the morning sun after diving for a hearty breakfast of bait fish that school in the channel. In my kayak, I was able to position the camera nearly at the water surface, providing an unusual angle looking up at the bird. With this angle and exposure and the rising morning … [Read more...]
