Notes from the Field

Unpin the fabric,
still your breath; steady your hands.
Yes! Cormie in reach!

Obi-Don whispers:
"Cormorants! Jump into this bag."
Capture is complete.

Cormorant asserts:
"You will live to regret this."
Mutilated hand!

A bird in hand is
worth two on the nest, unless
those birds are untagged!

- Stefanie Collar, Fish and Wildlife Technician, Columbia River Estuary