Double-crested Cormorant(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Common along the NC coast and at lakes in the piedmont.

12 photographs

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)Oregon Inlet at the Outer Banks, Dare Co., NC9 Nov 2008

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)Eagle Lakes Park, Collier Co., FL13 Feb 2014

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)Collier Co., FL8 Oct 2006Cormorants often hold their wings out to dry off the feathers and for thermoregulation.Anhingas superficially resemble cormorants, but note the cormorants have more orange in their faces, hooked beaks, and shorter tails.

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC23 Feb 2014

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 28 Jan 2015 Hundreds of cormorants perched on this breakwater by the marina. — Double-crested Cormorant *(Phalacrocorax auritus)*Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC28 Jan 2015Hundreds of cormorants perched on this breakwater by the marina.

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 28 Jan 2015 — Double-crested Cormorant *(Phalacrocorax auritus)*Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC28 Jan 2015

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC11 Nov 2006What it would be like to be in the middle of a cormorant flock flying down the surf line in the coast...

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