Saw this bird on the way to work today. It was perched on a log sticking out of the pond at Lions Civic Gardens. That's that little park south of the mall where the library is. The Merlin app ID'd it as a double-breasted cormorant. Possibly a juvenile given its coloration, though it was a good size!
That's interesting, I'm not exactly a bird person, but I've never seen one away from the lake.
Yeah, it's more the location than the species itself that surprised me. There are plenty of them down at Collins Bay, for example. But this is the first time I've ever seen one right next to the mall!