LOL Snowdog,

Might I suggest a bottle of Paul Newman salad dressing sprinkled around the tent to keep those barking spiders at bay.

Just a suggestion, but as moderator of this forum, you might consider deep sixing this thread.  PETC (People for the Ethical Treatment of Cormorants) is going to see this type of flamatory bias taken against the object of their beloved, albeit absurd cause.  They will likely introduce a proactive legislation not only to protect this migratory menace, but also to introduce it to the canoe country in number and establish everything within her borders as "Cormorant Sanctuary", which will become known as the BWCS.  Furthermore a study will then be conducted to prove canoeists traveling within 100 yards of nest sites have a detrimental effect on reproduction.  Only after a 100 year reign of the cormorants (similiar to the Planet of the Apes) will future generations dare to set foot into this wasteland.

You will recognize PETC members from their salution.  They raise their right arm and chant, "Ya vul, herr cormorant".  Perhaps we must be proactive and start our own group to counteract this counteraction.  It should be called the DCS (Dead Cormorants Society).  We will need our own slogon.  Hopefully something more creative than, "the only good cormorant is a dead cormorant".  You get the picture.

-YB