1965 Bied Arwey Journal Seals, Saa lions, cormorants. Cormorants Low wave washed rocks-shore birds, gull Pelicans- Puffins (earlier) Cormoranto nesting grounds Cormorants Light house Tree Landing Cove cormorants In my brief check, Brandts seem to greatly outnumber pelagics here, which was verified by Rich Tenaza later, who also told me that about 50 nests were built this year by Double Crests (Farallon Cormorant). He said also that Brandts Cormorants still had some nests on another part of the Island, and I found 2 nests with young brandts. One had a nestling, single, and was 4-1/2 grown, still had pinfeathers for primaries. As I peered over a nearby outcrop, about 75 Cormorants including the parents of these, made a mad dash for the water. However, instead of flying directly to the water from where they stood, they all ran to the ledge above and jumped in in waves, the ones at the rear waiting for the ones in front to leap. Another nest had 2 nestlings which I examined). One was slightly larger than the otherone and neither seemed startled at all by my approach if I have interpreted their gestures correctly. In any case they made no movements of panic, or escape. As I approached this larger nestling he became excited, and jolted off in