This past week or so, the tides have been much higher than usual. The cormorants' accustomed hangout is underwater much of the time, so they've had to settle for a rock much closer to shore, near enough for me to see their feathers ruffle in the wind.
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| Cormorant rock, gull rock. No sharing! |
Among the dozen
pelagic cormorants, the one
double-crested cormorant stands out; he's larger, and has a bright yellow bill and throat patch. The pelagics have thin necks, small beaks; their plumage, when the light is right, gleams with iridescent greens and purples.
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| Zooming in. The light was right. |
Love seeing these photos. We see cormorants so often, but I didn't know how to ID them. Thank you for this!
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