EditorialCormorants gather on the intake pipe for the Greenidge Generation hydroelectric plant in Dresden, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2021. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialCormorants along treetops as the sun sets in Ten Thousand Islands, off the coast of Everglades City, Fla., Dec. 2019. (Erik Freeland/The New York Times)