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Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

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Field Notes

Notes:

Watched two cormorants standing close together one delicately passing a feather to the other.... totally changed my attitude towards them.

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Comments (4)
galewhale..Gale
Thanks Dennis... the color in that estuary at high tide is gorgeous, I think it is the clay bottom that gives it the color. Apparently the success of the restored eagle population has taken a toll on the cormorant population .... give me even more reason to root for them.
galewhale..Gale
Who could ask for better.... that something one of us sees helps others see! Thanks Brandon!
9brandon
What a lovely anecdote! Growing up I was taught that cormorants, as they so efficiently ate Atlantic salmon struggling to recover in the Penobscot, are evil. As such I never paid them much attention, except glancing ill will. But now I think they're quite marvelous :)
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PublishedApril 3, 2011

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