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Brandt’s Cormorants I think?  Brandts Cormorant,Phalacrocorax penicillatus Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

Brandt’s Cormorants I think?

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The Brandt's cormorant is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California, but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter. Its specific name, ''penicillatus'' is Latin for a painter's brush , in reference to white plumes on its neck and back during the early breeding season. The common name honors the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt.. more

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Species identified by jacobeva
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By jacobeva

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Uploaded Nov 20, 2012. Captured Nov 19, 2012 03:47.
  • NIKON D3000
  • f/5.6
  • 1/160s
  • ISO200
  • 200mm