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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
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Title: Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:32 pm
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Description: Family: Phalacrocoracidae, Cormorants

Description 30-35 (76-89 cm). A solidly built black cormorant with orange throat pouch and long neck. Long hooked bill tilted upward when bird swims. Adults have short tuft of feathers over each eye during breeding season. Young birds are browner, whitish or buffy on breast, upper belly, and neck. In flight, the neck shows a slight crook, not seen in the similar Brandt's Cormorant, the larger Great Cormorant, or the smaller Neotropic.
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sam walker



Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 61
Location: cleveland ohio
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:05 am   
nice cormie Mike.
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