Days in Fairmont Park, Salt Lake City

Fairmont Park is often the end of our walks through Sugarhouse. Each time we have gone to the pond we have been greeted by different birds, showing their special personalities...

This is our State Bird, floating calmly is the middle of the pond.

Other times, the seagulls and geese would contest each other to claim these rocks. The rocks were always the most favorite place to stand.

Then one day this stranger appeared,

The other birds did not know what to do. We have researched this bird, and we believe it is a Neotropic Cormanant, found mainly in Mexico and South America. It is not a vulture, but an eater of fish and  frogs and small insects. It will work in groups and dive underwater for it's food.
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