Talk:Double-crested Cormorant
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ok, i searched the web for "taunton turkey" and the only place the compound word appears is in descriptions of the double-crested cormorant, saying that people sometimes call it the Taunton Turkey, but apparently, nobody actually does call it that. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22taunton+turkey%22+-%22taunton+turkey+trot%22&btnG=Search
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[edit] wikified
I have organized the whole article into categories, added a picture I took myself, and have also reworded a lot of the article. However, I still kept the information all there in some form. Hope everyone likes the new look. Phaldo 02:19, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New image
I figured the article could use an image showing the "double crest" the bird is named for, so uploaded the image to the right; where in the article it is placed I will leave it up to the people working on it. If a close crop on the head is required I can perform a lossless crop and upload that version as well; feel free to leave me a note on my Commons talk page and I'll get it done for you :) — Editor at Large(speak) 18:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Recovery
- Recently the Double-crested Cormorant has greatly increased in abundance beyond what was known historically. It is believed that the recovery was allowed by the decrease of contaminants, particularly the discontinued use of DDT. It is believed that it has increased to such great numbers because of aquaculture ponds in its southern wintering grounds. The ponds favor good over-winter survival and growth.
Although this is widely believed, there is no reference given for this. This paper:
Wires, Linda A., and Francesca J. Cuthbert, Historic Populations of the Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus): Implications for Conservation and Management in the 21st Century, Waterbirds 29(1): 9-37, 2006.(sadly not online)
states that there is solid indication that cormorants were once at least as common in North America as they are now, and most likely much more so, but were killed off physically, like so many other predatory and game species, in the 19th century, although beginning earlier than that, and continuing to the present.
In 1894, Thomas McIlwraith in his book, Birds of Ontario, concludes his section on Double-crested Cormorants by saying: “When the young are sufficiently grown, they gather into immense(my bold) flocks in unfrequented sections, and remain until the ice-lid has closed over their food supply, when they go away, not to return till the cover is lifted up in the spring.”
Even if there is documentation for Cormorants being more plentiful now than historically known, I think this should be revised, to inlcude these historical notes. Bob98133 15:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Implicated in decline? By whom?
Double-crested Cormorants eat other species of fish besides alewives and have been implicated in the decline of some important sport-fish populations in the Great Lakes and other areas. Scientists are not in universal agreement about the exact extent of the role of cormorants in these declines, but the growing consensus is that Double-crested Cormorants are a real factor for some populations and in some locations.
- The above from this article's Recovery section needs some documentation. It's very vague. Unless someone can document it, I'll reword it to reflect that this is an opinion. Bob98133 15:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Great photos
Checked out this page after looking up something else online, and I just wanted to say that the photos accompanying this article are excellent. Very nice. deeceevoice 09:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
