Cormorants roost in good numbers (sometimes maybe 100 in the winter) on
several Tacoma Power towers in North Bay of Case Inlet, just north of the
town of Allyn.

Jim McGough

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at shaw.ca>
To: "KATHY ANDRICH" <kjandrich at netscape.net>; "TWEETERS"
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: CORMORANT ROOSTS-- MOUNT VERNON (WA), VANCOUVER (BC), AND REEDSPORT
(OR)


> Kathy and Tweeters,
>
> The most unusual Double-crested Cormorant roost that I know of is
> located on utility wires that cross the Skagit River just north of
> downtown Mount Vernon, Skagit County, close to Interstate 5. I believe
> that at least 200 cormorants roost here (I've never stopped to
> actually count them) most nights during the winter.
>
> Double-crests seem to roost most often in trees, as you and others
> noted. There was (and probably still is) a roost of up to several
> dozen birds in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C., in tall conifers just
> east of Siwash Rock on the seawall.
>
> Last September, I observed a huge Double-crest roost a bit farther
> afield-- on Bolon Island, next to US Highway 101 immediately north of
> Reedsport on the Oregon coast. I'm sure there were at least 500 birds
> there, and most of the tall conifers they were using were dead--
> presumably killed by the accumulation of droppings over years and
> years. This roost site is probably well known to many Oregon birders,
> but it was new to me.
>
> Does anyone know more about the Mount Vernon roost-- what times of
> year it is used, or a maximum count of birds? If so, I'd be interested
> in hearing about it.
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Kamloops and Delta, BC
> contopus at shaw.ca
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kjandrich at netscape.net>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:44 AM
> Subject: Cormorant Roosts
>
>
> >
> > Hi Tweeters,
> >
> > I was killing a little time in Edmonds before attending a birthday
> Whirleyball party and discovered a double crested cormorant roost at
> Echo Lake behind the Costco on Aurora. It is on the east side of the
> lake. I saw about 25 cormorants but I think when all are settled in
> there might be up to 50 because afterwards I saw at least 7 more
> flying in to roost.
> >
> > There is a large roost at the Montlake cut behind the big hull
> storage barn off of the E12 parking lot for Husky stadium. Last
> spring I was counting them and got up to around 150 before an eagle
> flyby scared them. I think I missed about 50 more. If you ever want
> to see the breeding plumage it is perfect to go there in the evening
> in spring. Best seen from the other side of the cut though, by going
> left instead of straight to Foster island from the Museum of History
> and Industry parking lot. This would be a great photo op for the
> photographers.
> >
> > Does anyone know of other roosts around here?
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > Kathy Andrich
> > Roosting in Renton
> > kjandrich at netscape.net
> >
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