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Day: March 21, 2022

New kids on the rock

Posted on 2022-03-212023-01-05 by Allison J. Gong

For the second year in a row (that I am aware of, anyway), the Brandt’s cormorants (Urile penicillatus) have claimed the last remaining arch at Natural Bridges as a breeding rookery. I remember being so excited at “discovering” them in 2021. Anyway, they’re back again, building piles of algae into nests. BTW, if you’re keeping…

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