Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) looks over its shoulder with wings spread while perched on a log along the Shadow Creek Ranch Nature Trail, in Pearland, TX, USA. Cormorants have to dry their wings like this because they can't waterproof their feathers like ducks and gulls. Cormorants rely on feathers that can get soaked in order to dive efficiently.
A Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) looks over its shoulder with wings spread while perched on a log along the Shadow Creek Ranch Nature Trail, in Pearland, TX, USA. Cormorants have to dry their wings like this because they can't waterproof their feathers like ducks and gulls. Cormorants rely on feathers that can get soaked in order to dive efficiently.
