Double-crested Cormorant

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus This Double - crested Cormorant was found in Celebration on the Disney property. Notice the hook on the beak and the green eyes, When swimming the Cormorant rides higher in the water than the Anhinga.

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Close of the the curved beak and blue green eyes.

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus I found this Double-Cormorant along the Bio Lab road in the Merritt Island WMA. This is a juvenile. Notice the curved bill and blue green eyes,

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus I live on Lake Berry in Winter Park, FL.. The Cormorants migrate through in large flocks every year. Notice how low in the water they swim. The hocked bill and blue green eyes are a give away. This Cormorant has caught a small shiner.

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus When the Cormorants migrate through the White Pelicans come along also. The two birds feed together rounding up the fish and moving them toward shore. Notice the Great Blue Heron waiting for the food to come ashore.

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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Here the Cormorant has a juvenile large mouth bass the American White Pelican is trying to get. Notice how low in the water the Cormorant swims.