Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2016-01-07
The Double-crested Cormorant is a large waterbird. It is as large as a seagull. Overall its body is covered with a dark plumage.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2016-01-07
The cormorants are known to catch fish and swallow them without chewing. There is an expression in Japanese that says "swallow like cormorants (takes the matter as it is as a whole without a grain of salt". In ancient times, cormorants are used for fishing much in the same way as falconry.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2016-01-04
Theese cormorants in the photo were found on the tree top drying their feathers.
Mount Prospect, IL
2012-09-29
The Double-Crested Cormorant is easily identifiable by its conspicuous orange patches on its face and the green eyes.
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