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Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Photo by DianneFrost
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Crescent City harbor

Reference Links:

Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus - Overview, Double-crested Cormorant, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Orni…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Gordon Dietzman
It is indeed a cormorant. There are three species of cormorant found in Oregon and northern California. Brandt's, Double-crested, and Pelagic. I suspect this is a double-crested cormorant. See http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/birds/pelicans_cormorants.asp for more information.

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