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two men in a boom lift looking at cormorants
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cormorants perched under bridge
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cormorants perched under bridge
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cormorant flying under bridge
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cormorants perched under bridge
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A seagull poses alongside a cormorant decoy
A seagull poses alongside a cormorant decoy
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cormorants perched under bridge
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Caltrans staff observe the cormorants, which are nesting on platforms installed on the underside of the new East Span Skyway
Caltrans staff observe the cormorants, which are nesting on platforms installed on the underside of the new East  Span Skyway
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The colony of Double-crested Cormorants that long made its home on the old East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge finally found its Field of Dreams on the Skyway section of new East Span last month, when the first pair of the gangly black seabirds landed on the specially-designed nesting platforms that had been awaiting their arrival since the Skyway’s completion a decade ago. Read the full story

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