1. The double-crested Cormorant is a goose-sized waterbird native to North America

2. Anhinga: Large, dark waterbird with long tail, snake-like neck, small head, red eyes, and long olive-brown bill

3. 19 Waterbird species number and individual density in ponds were higher during drawdown than those before and after drawdown.

4. I’ve often wondered how the name of a waterbird — the American coot — became the pejorative “old coot” for a Crotchety old man

5. Do Cormorants damage vegetation in rookery areas where large numbers of Cormorants nest? The natural vegetation at all waterbird colonies typically dies from the long term accumulation of guano at the site

6. Although not list as endangered or threatened at the federal level, the American Bittern is a species of high concern in the Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Region of the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan and is a U