Birds of Big Sur, Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey, Pacific Grove, California, USA's Journal

The ducks seemed mesmerized by the cormorant rapidly, then slowly flapping its wings nonstop for a few minutes. I initially thought the cormorant was drying its wings after a swim, but it kept flapping. When a another cormorant swam by, it paid no attention, but the ducks did.