Odd osprey/cormorant behavior - Pueblo

[Leon Bright]

COBirders—

  This morning as I was doing my section of the annual Pueblo County Fall Bird Count I spotted an osprey feeding on a good-sized fish in a distant dead tree.  Surprisingly, a double-crested cormorant was perched very nearby.  The osprey seemed not to be concerned and the cormorant seemed to be content to wait.  The image below—pixelated due to the severe crop—shows the odd couple.  It was shot from the Goodnight River Trail on the south side of the Arkansas River about a mile and one-half west of the Pueblo Blvd. bridge.

Leon Bright, Pueblo