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Double Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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After surviving near extinction driven by DDT and other contaminants from the 1940s through the early 1970s, the cormorant has made an unprecedented comeback from mere dozens to a population in the millions

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PublishedSeptember 4, 2013

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