>
>>P.S. Anyone ever notice what pretty blue eyes some cormorants have?
>
>Yes. Got very close to a sick Double-crested out on the mud flats of
>Boundary Bay when I was a teenager. The eyes were an unearthly glowing
>green-blue. Very unsettling and beautiful at the same time.
>
> - Jack Bowling

My first look at a Brandt's cormorant was on the Edmonds Ferry. The
bird was on one of the pilings just outside the windows as the ferry
was loading, so I was only about 15 feet away, at eye level, on a
beautiful sunny day. A *great* first look! The eyes immediately
caught my attention, as they looked like two brilliant saphires staring
back at me. The bird was in alternate plumage, and was stunningly gorgeous.

== Michael Hobbs
== Redmond, WA
== mikeho at microsoft.com