A couple of weeks ago, I headed down to South Platte River, near C-470. Several people were fishing by the river, so most of the birds headed to other areas. Walking towards Eaglewatch Lake, several Cormorants were draped on the fallen tree that was partially submerged in the lake. Since I had approached from the east side, the Cormorants were backlit by the evening sun.
I counted ten Cormorants perched on the tree branches. All were busy drying off and cooling down from the hot sun.
Making my way around to the south end of the lake, I made this image of the single Cormorant facing the sun.
Continuing to the west of the lake, the birds were now front-lit by the sun.
The fallen tree is submerged with two of the main trunk protruding above water in two places. Three birds were perched on one section of the trunk. The remaining birds were located on the second section of tree trunk. The long lens prevented me from capturing all birds in one image!
These Cormorants are probably on their southward migration as the leave from the cooler climate of Colorado.