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Phalacrocorax auritus
Double-crested Cormorants are large waterbirds with small heads on long, kinked necks. They have thin, strongly hooked bills, roughly the length of the head. Their heavy bodies sit low in the water. Adults are brown-black with a small patch of yellow-orange skin on the face. Immatures are browner overall, palest on the neck and breast.
Three sunning at the end of the dock for paddle boats on an urban pond.
Spotted on Jan 31, 2014
Submitted on Feb 15, 2014
3 Comments
Hema here is the reference that compares them http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ctlee/Cormorant...
Yes - I always have trouble with who is who, but the Neotropic is smaller. These were small but, took a closer look at bills and you are correct. thanks :)
they look so similar to juvenile double crested!!