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+id: 2026-02-27T17:11:14-05:00
+aliases: []
+title: "2026-02-27 17:11:14"
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/complete
+  - type/timestamped
+dg-publish: true
+date-created: 2026-02-27T17:11:14-05:00
+daily: "[[2026-02-27]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W09]]"
+monthly: "[[2026-02]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-02-27 17:11:14
+
+I confidently identified a cormorant
+from a peripheral glance while I was driving.
+I wondered how I was able to distinguish it from the very similar anhinga
+(also a black diving bird with a yellow beak and of the same size)
+despite the distance and poor focus of the sighting,
+and I believe it was the silhouette.
+
+While on the water's surface,
+Cormorants swim like geese or swans, with a S-shaped neck,
+where anhingas stretch their necks out forward
+with an upward angle to their beaks.
+It's because of this difference in posture
+that I associate cormorants with pride and dignity,
+where anhingas seem more to me
+like they're barely hanging on to their niche.
+
+I'm reminded of a conversation I had recently with a peer.
+They stated (as I interpreted it)
+that despite how popular it is to pretend otherwise,
+animals do not experience emotion
+in any way meaningfully similar to our own perception.
+To which I agree.
+Certainly cormorants do not feel pride,
+nor do anhingas feel the insecurity I project onto them.
+but sometimes lies are more useful than truth.