I hope your buddy had some success at Magee this morning although I don 't think it was possible. i was there looking around about ten days ago and it was dry with no ducks . I don't understand what the managers are doing over there. You have to have water to have ducks. A Magee marsh hunt just isn't the same as it once was.
As for the cormorants, this is staging time . They will be migrating soon. they will leave one morning soon and fly south by the thousands. I've always wonder how they communicate. One of em must say lets go guys and they all take off at once. which one is in charge? Don't know.