Surfing Cormorants

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Who knew.....I was just on the Northeast surfing Newport Cam, nice HD cam, and the only thing in the water is a cormorant...some little knee high waves coming in. Thought it was cool that you could see the bird so well but I was surprised when he suddenly swam into a swell and rode it for 20-30'.....never saw them do that before....I've seen videos of ducks and swans riding waves but he was down in the water with just his neck exposed like they normally are and he rode it like a foil....it wasn't breaking yet when he caught it. I wonder if he opens his wings. Anyone ever see this before?

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And as an aside...for those here in New England that haven't subscribed to the NE cams.....well worth it. $5/month for access to the streaming cams. They save me more than that in gas each month.