Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Cormorants in Opeongo

 
In search for moose we'd driven out to Opeongo lake
 
 
There we opted for an hour boat tour
they bring mostly campers out to their campsite
 
 
We chose to see the cormorants colony
 
 
It looks kind of cool
 
 
The trees are bare and look like masts of a ship
 
 
after a while the trees fall down and they move to another island
 
 
This island is a prime candidate
 
 
the gulls are still there but the cormorants are scouting it out
 
 
the 3rd island was already established but still had some green
 
 
talking about acid rain...
 


there was a sign on this island "no camping" duh!
 
 
Lake Opeongo is far to big for my liking
this day the water was calm but people have drowned here
specially in the north because of wind and merging water
 
 
 
I wouldn't mind starting a canoe trip here with the water taxi
at least then you start where it's a lot nicer canoeing
 


2 comments:

Olga Shaffer said...

Do I understand correctly that these cormorants find an island, kill all the trees, and then find another island?

Anja said...

The trees get killed by the manure, it is so acidic.
Then when the trees are dead they fall over and the cormorants look for a new island. They like being in the trees