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Description:

Cormorant but can't figure out what kind? anybody know.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested cormorant - Wikipedia


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4 Comments

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 5 years ago

True, you are right about the beak, Machi. Probably the double-crested.

Machi
Machi 5 years ago

The whole beak is yellow though which is one of the reasons I thought it was not Great Cormorant

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 5 years ago

To me, this looks like Great Cormorant (P. carbo)

Machi
Machi 5 years ago

Most likely double-crested.

Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Oct 9, 2018
Submitted on Oct 9, 2018

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