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Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Description:

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.

Habitat:

This urban pond often has these birds sitting on the edge of the return.

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gatorfellows
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gatorfellows

Plano, Texas, USA

Spotted on Feb 13, 2014
Submitted on Feb 25, 2014

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