Birds Identified: Double-breasted Cormorant

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Double-breasted Cormorant has these characteristics:

• Swimming
  
• Still perching
  
• Continuous flying
  
• Larger than robin
  
• Neck long
  
• Tail long
  
• Bill long, as long or longer than head
  
• Head crested
  
• Mostly blackish, or dark gray, bluish black, etc.
  
• Yellow or orange
  
• Underparts plain
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• South winter (November through February)
  
• Marsh habitat
  
• Flats or beach habitat
  
• Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
  
• Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
  
• Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
  

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