So, I just witnessed a cormorant turn into a regular old seagull. It was quite magical really.
Steps to Reproduce
Catch a cormorant on sea (I used a pan flute and got lucky), take it to shore, place it, pick it up, and place it again. Your cormorant will now be a seagull in the water.
Catch a cormorant on sea (I used a pan flute and got lucky), take it to shore, place it, pick it up, and place it again. Your cormorant will now be a seagull in the water.
A developer has marked this issue as fixed. This means that the issue has been addressed in the current development build and will likely be in the next update.