Cormorant Videos

Dispelling the Myths: Cormorants in the Great Lakes Basin

A mini-documentary looking at Double-crested cormorants in the Great Lakes Basin and the issues and challenges they face (26 minutes)

Don’t Kill a Conservation Success Story - Cormorants in the Great Lakes

An animated short (45 seconds) about the Ontario cormorant hunting season.

 
 

Bad Reputations: Cormorants and Conservation

March 2021 webinar with avian scientist Dr. Gail Fraser about cormorant issues and why the Ontario cormorant hunt isn't a good idea (42 minutes).

Shoreline Socialites, Why the Fuss About Cormorants?

This 10 minute video introduces cormorants, their biology, range, and the issues facing them today. It highlights their very social behaviours and deep bonds with their young.

 
 

American White Pelicans & Cormorants

A Rick Andrews film that shows the cohabitation of American White Pelicans - now in the Great Lakes region - with cormorants (10 minutes).

Forgetting Nature

“You need a lot of awareness of what your experience is of the world, to feel if some of that is being taken away".” This 5 minute video explores the phenomenon of shifting baseline syndrome in an era of rapid change.