Double-crested Cormorant Photos
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Double-crested Cormorant 1 ...
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritas)
The Double-crested Cormorant is distributed on the Pacific coast of North America from southern Alaska to Mexico and in the Gulf States of the USACuba and the Bahamas.
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phalacrocorax auritus
OTHER NAMES: water turkey, crow-duck, shag ...
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Identification Tips: ...
Double-crested Cormorants first breed at 3 years of age. They nest in colonies, sometimes with other wading birds.
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
The Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a widespread species across much of North America.
Double-Crested Cormorant Juvenile
rangerous
False Cape SP
A Double-crested Cormorant Takeoff
screek ...
Double-crested Cormorant Behaviour
No observations regarding Double-crested Cormorant behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Double-crested Cormorants ...
Double-crested cormorants make their home on the coasts and on inland waters. They feed almost exclusively on fish. After diving underwater for a meal, they surface, flip the fish in the air, and swallow it head-first.
The double-crested cormorant nests in colonies. Both the male and female will build a nest of sticks, twigs and seaweed. Nests are built in trees and shrubs and on the ground of rocky cliffs and islands. The female lays three to five eggs.
Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Likely but not confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed ...
THE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT.
[Double-crested Cormorant (see also Florida Cormorant).]
PHALACROCORAX DILOPHUS, Swains.
[Phalacrocorax auritus.] ...
Double-Crested Cormorant from the back of my boat. Alameda CA. The diving one shows the power of the tail in initiating the dive.
Double-crested Cormorant
A fish-eating bird, the double-crested cormorant needs to dry its wings after swimming since it lacks the waterproof oil that most waterbirds protect their feathers with.
Range: North America ...
Double-crested Cormorant
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Brown-headed Cowbird
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus
[edit] Darters
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Anhingidae ...
The Double-crested Cormorant breeds from late December through October, peaking from early March to mid-June. Cormorants are colonial nesters. The male and female build a nest of sticks, twigs, and seaweed in trees or shrubs.
The crests of the Double-crested Cormorant are rarely seen. Great Cormorants are occasionally seen in coastal areas.
name area season diet/native food plants
Double-crested Cormorant
NCS ...
Gannet (2) Double-crested Cormorant (213) Black-crowned Night Heron (1ad on jetty) Common Eider (20) Laughing Gull ( ~40+) Common Tern (~150+) Least Tern (10) An interesting note: I am always concerned about double-counting tube-noses while on ...
Foraging Patterns of Caspian Terns and Double-crested Cormorants in the Columbia River Estuary
Author(s): Donald E. Lyons, Daniel D. Roby and Ken Collis ...
The double-crested cormorant of the Atlantic coast, Brandt's cormorant of the Pacific coast, and the red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile, are common forms. The glossy black European cormorant is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
Double-crested Cormorants have straight orange gular areas that are dark-bordered. Immature Double-cresteds have white chests and dark bellies, the opposite of the immature Great Cormorant.
Similar Species: Double-crested Cormorant: under parts are not clean white. Common Loon: shorter, stocky neck. Eared, Homed and Red-necked grebes: much smaller.
Depending on the season - and with reasonable luck -- you can see a Double-crested Cormorant, an Osprey, a Golden Eagle or a Bald Eagle.
The most widely distributed North American species is the
double-crested cormorant of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Anhingas are also referred to as snakebirds.
Cormorants belong to the Pelican family ...
My impression is they always look slimmer than a double-crested cormorant. The bill is slimmer and the throat pouch is never a bright yellow.
A. Northern Gannet , adult
B. Northern Gannet , immature
C. Double-crested Cormorant, adult
D. Great Cormorant ...
Breeding distribution, not only in Manitoba but also the northern Great Plains, and number of recorded colonies in southern Manitoba were given for Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, ...
Abbott's booby (Papasula abbotti)
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) ...
 See also: Cormorant, Heron, Pelican, Duck, Purple
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