I am sure others have likely noticed the cormorant that has been hanging by
the neck from a poplar along the Ship Canal Trail for about two weeks now.
This is a popular roost for cormorants, but I can't figure out how it could
have died and ended up hanging like that. Anyone have a theory?

An admittedly rather grim photo (from a cell phone, so not high quality)
can be seen here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KaM7JXUAnm8HYy6c7

The location is (47.6490056,-122.3541111).

Bill Noble