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Double Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Spotting Image 1

Habitat:

Shawnee State Park, SW Pennsylvania

2 Species ID Suggestions

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ClementDufour
ClementDufour 13 years ago
double crested comorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 13 years ago
Cormorant


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3 Comments

Elton_Wizard
Elton_Wizard 13 years ago

Thank you all; much appreciated. It was some distance away and did not move. I guess one give-away is that it was perched.

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Malcolm Wilton-Jones 13 years ago

I agree, Double Crested Cormorant, and the pale neck suggests a juvenile.

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CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 13 years ago

Hi You might want to check out the Cormorant for an ID.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Doubl...

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William_Dembowski
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William_Dembowski

Pennsylvania

Spotted on Sep 15, 2010
Submitted on Apr 18, 2011

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