Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
The white plumes and brighter orange-yellow bill and throat indicate breeding plumage.
A first-cycle bird coming in for a landing. The lighter underparts are characteristic of birds during their first year, especially later in the cycle when their feathers are worn. Some first-cycle birds have much darker underparts.
Double-crested Cormorant drying wings.
Adult on nest, showing the double crest.
About-to-fledge young birds, begging from a parent at the nest.
Flying.
Double-crested Cormorant, left, and Brandt's Cormorant, right, in breeding plumage.
