1966 Bill Arvey Journal June 20 Monday Farallon Island. Observations on about 10 pelagic C. neats in a small rocky cove between Avalon & Breaker coves. We have draped a tarp over the rock wall, and set up a tripod as a center pole to make a blind. We are about 50 feet from the cliff face where the cormorants are nesting. diagram. all neats seem to be in incubation stage. Richard Tenaga banded several pelagic cormorants on the island in summer of 1965. There is one banded bird in this group, and is sitting on the exact same nest as last year. Both members of its pair were banded. Bands colored over pink on right leg.