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double-crested cormorant

  1. Double-crested Cormorant

    Double-crested Cormorant

    People often wonder how the Double-crested Cormorant got its name since it does not usually display a crest, much less two crests. However just prior to breeding they grow out crests above each eye. Usually black, but sometimes white. This is presumably the Pacific Coast race "N. a...
    • jmorlan
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    • california double-crested cormorant nannopterum auritum usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  2. Plane-spotter story part 3: We can do a motorcade too!

    Plane-spotter story part 3: We can do a motorcade too!

    One last comedy shot for the plane-spotter story. It seems the birds had picked up on what was going on at the airport that day too. "Oooh! Motorcade vehicles arriving? We can do a motorcade too!" So here is a "motorcade" of Double-crested Cormorants heading southwards along the bay with Brown...
    • Doc Duck
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    • brown pelican double-crested cormorant pelicanus occidentalis phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  3. Quick-dry

    Quick-dry

    With no handy rock or stump to climb up on, the cormie just treaded water for a bit to shake out and dry off.
    • Doc Duck
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  4. Splish splash, he was taking a bath

    Splish splash, he was taking a bath

    On my way back to San Francisco airport, I made a stop at Spring Lake Park in Santa Rosa where we have a memorial table for my parents. It's usually a good place to bird as well, but that day the only shots I got were of this Double-crested Cormorant taking a bath.
    • Doc Duck
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  5. Saturday Fun: I fart in your general direction

    Saturday Fun: I fart in your general direction

    This one's for all you Monty Python fans out there.
    • Doc Duck
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  6. Friday fun 2: the counting challenge

    Friday fun 2: the counting challenge

    This is just one small section of the shortest of three stone breakwaters packed with birds. Another breakwater is blurred in the background; the third was full of people fishing and that one and the fourth are not visible in this shot. There are at least three species showing in this shot, and...
    • Doc Duck
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    • brown pelican double-crested cormorant heermann's gull larus heermanni pelicanus occidentalis phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  7. double-crested cormorant

    double-crested cormorant

    Enjoying the first sunny weekend in a long time
    • MergusSerrator
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    • cliffwood beach double-crested cormorant nannopterum auritum new jersey
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  8. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    • nikitasius
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    • double-crested cormorant
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Double-crested Cormorant battling American Gizzard Shad

    Double-crested Cormorant battling American Gizzard Shad

    Here is a short video showing a Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) attempting to swallow what appears to be an oversized American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum). The fish species is uncertain and I would appreciate if anybody can confirm its identification.
    • jmorlan
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    • american gizzard shad double-crested cormorant nannopterum auritum ohio usa video
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  10. Double-crested Cormorant (1st yr bird).jpg

    Double-crested Cormorant (1st yr bird).jpg

    Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1st yr bird.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac national wildlife refuge chambers county double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus texas usa winnie
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  11. Double-crested Cormorants

    Double-crested Cormorants

    Double-crested Cormorants, one appears to be flying upside down.
    • lmelamed
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    • double-crested cormorant lake lewisville little elm tx phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  12. Double-crested Cormorants

    Double-crested Cormorants

    Double-crested Cormorants behind my house
    • lmelamed
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    • double-crested cormorant double-crested cormorants lake lewisville little elm tx phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  13. Double-crested Cormorant

    Double-crested Cormorant

    Two were sitting on a stump in the middle of a pond when I chanced upon them. This one hung around for a couple of more minutes.
    • mikeshaw1
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    • burrage wildlife management area double-crested cormorant hanson massachusetts phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  14. Double-crested cormorant

    Double-crested cormorant

    • katastrofa
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    • british columbia canada double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus vancouver vancouver harbour
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  15. Double-crested cormorants

    Double-crested cormorants

    Triple double-crested cormorants were hanging out with various gulls, starlings, Canada geese, and a mallard.
    • MergusSerrator
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    • cliffwood beach double-crested cormorant new jersey phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  16. Double-crested cormorants in flight

    Double-crested cormorants in flight

    • katastrofa
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    • canada double-crested cormorant flight phalacrocorax auritus sea vancouver island winter
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  17. Double-crested Cormorant wing stretching, Central Park.jpg

    Double-crested Cormorant wing stretching, Central Park.jpg

    Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Perched in the top of a post oak tree in catkin over a small fishing pond stretching its wing.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • college station double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  18. Double-crested cormorant in flight

    Double-crested cormorant in flight

    • katastrofa
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    • canada double-crested cormorant flight phalacrocorax auritus vancouver island winter
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  19. Double-crested and pelagic cormorants

    Double-crested and pelagic cormorants

    • katastrofa
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    • canada double-crested cormorant pelagic cormorant phalacrocorax auritus phalacrocorax pelagicus vancouver island winter
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  20. Double-crested Cormorants.jpg

    Double-crested Cormorants.jpg

    Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1st yr birds.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • college station double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  21. Double-crested Cormorant - 0

    Double-crested Cormorant - 0

    • limyansky
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  22. And then a swim

    And then a swim

    Following yesterday's posted image the green eyed beauty decided to go for a swim and still show off that beautiful eye.
    • KC Foggin
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: North America
  23. Don't you just love their eyes

    Don't you just love their eyes

    • KC Foggin
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    • double-crested cormorant
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  24. Double-crested Cormorant

    Double-crested Cormorant

    Taken at the Corkscrew Crew.
    • tetoneon
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  25. What a mouthful!

    What a mouthful!

    I never did find out whether the cormorant was able to eat this fish.
    • tetoneon
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    • double-crested cormorant phalacrocorax auritus
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
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