Morris showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco 14 years ago, and has since made Pillar Point harbor his home.

Morris appeared at the Farallon Islands off San Francisco 14 years ago and has since settled in Pillar Point harbor. ✦ AI generated

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He showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco 14 years ago. He has since made Pillar Point harbor his home, where he's quite easy to spot: the only white bird with a yellow head, usually hanging out with the smaller black Brandt’s cormorants near the harbor sign visible from the end of the commercial pier.

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