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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. In the breeding season, adults develop a small double crest of stringy black or white feathers.
City man made retention pond.
This lone bird landed, dove a couple of times then stretched out its wings and circled slowly in the sun to let them dry.
Spotted on Apr 5, 2013
Submitted on Apr 6, 2013
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