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Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Medium cormorant with iridescent black body and orange throat pouch. Western birds have white feather tufts over each eye in early summer. Pale bill is long and hooked. Black legs and feet. Feeds on fish, amphibians and crustaceans. Strong direct flight, soars on thermals.

Habitat:

Lewisville Lake

Notes:

Hundreds of cormorants were floating in the shallows along the lake's edge.

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Double-crested Cormorant

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