Oregon Cormorants

 

 

 

Seal Rock State Park has a large off-shore rock formation, which is home to the Cormorant.
The Cormorant is a big black bird, 2 to 3 feet in length and has 3 to 6 hatchlings per year.
This water bird, dives into the water, propels its self with its feet to catch fish for the babies.
When the parents think the hatchlings are old enough to be on their own, they push them out of the nest, leaving them to fly or hit the rocks far below.
The parents fly off, never looking back until next year when it starts all over again.
We talked to the ranger and he said over 200,000 of them come each year to nest and raise their young on this rock.