Double-crested Cormorant

Description:

•Large, dark water bird. •Long body and long neck. •Medium-sized bill is blunt or hooked at tip.

Habitat:

Urban botanical garden. Pond is stocked with koi.

Notes:

The Double-crested Cormorant is the most numerous and widespread North American cormorant. It's also the only one that occurs in large numbers inland as well as on the coast. Growing in numbers throughout its range, this cormorant is increasingly being blamed for declines in sport fisheries and for devastating fish farms.