"... yellow orange throat patch ...The most widespread cormorant in North America appears blackish from a distance ... This cormorant swims low in the water with its bill tilted slightly upward. In flight it has a distinct crook in its neck" (Alsop 58-59).

Photo taken with a Nikon D80, using a Nikon 400mm, f/5.6 manual focus lens.

September 5, 2008.