From my experience the Cormorant (Water Turkey) will send out scouts that look for food. Checking our ponds for an easy meal, and if they find one they like, there will be more show up in the next few days. If the scout is not discouraged and a good food supply is available they can and may return in higher numbers. A lot of us have all seen single's feeding, swimming and diving the pond. But, if not discouraged from returning they may show up with high numbers of them. In that case, they may work together driving fish to an area where the Cormorant can feast and really do damage to your pond fish. It can cost a lot of money to correct the damage they have done. I would suggest you take action to discourage any Water Turkey that shows up at your pond. It is illegal to take some and maybe all actions against the birds so I would not advertise what actions are taken to discourage the darn birds. Can you tell I am no fan of these birds?
