Come Home To Roost

smoke665 · Dec 21, 2017

As I waited in the mall parking lot for my wife the birds were coming in for the night. I think I like the black & white better for the starkness.

the roost12212017_783-Edit-2.jpg by William Raber, on Flickr

Dean_Gretsch · Dec 21, 2017

Are those Cormorants? Nice catch.

smoke665 · Dec 21, 2017

Dean_Gretsch said:
Are those Cormorants? Nice catch.

I'm not up on bird identification, but I think they might be. It was on the news a couple weeks ago, they're a migratory bird that comes in, this is the first I've seen them. They have protected status but the state has had to authorize the wildlife department authority to thin their numbers because of the damage their roosting can cause.

plm · Dec 22, 2017

I like the starkness of your photo too.

fishing4sanity · Dec 22, 2017

I like the photo and your mall parking lot has a much better view than the ones around here.

smoke665 · Dec 22, 2017

fishing4sanity said:
I like the photo and your mall parking lot has a much better view than the ones around here.

The back lot borders a 300 acre swamp/lake preseve with islands connected by a nice boardwalk system. I really need to catch a day with decent weather and take a hike.