Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Double-crested Cormorant, 3/29/07, Moss Landing Harbor, Monterey Co
Double-crested Cormorant, immature, 10/19/06, Shoreline Park, Mountain View
Adult, above; first year birds, below.
Double-crested Cormorant, first year, 5/24/07, Shoreline Lake
Double-crested Cormorant, first winter, 11/5/05, Shoreline Park, Mountain View
Double-crested Cormorant, 2/26/05, Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co
Double-crested Cormorant, nesting, 3/26/04, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo Co
That's the "double crest!"
Double-crested Cormorant, 10/22/04, Shoreline Park, Mountain View
Drying wings.
Double-crested Cormorants, 5/23/05, Salinas River NWR, Monterey Co
Double-crested Cormorants, immature and adult, 11/26/05, Santa Clara Valley Water District pond
Brandt's and Double-crested Cormorants, breeding plumage, 3/28/07, Lover's Point, Pacific Grove, Monterey Co
Double-crested, left; Brandt's, right.