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Double-crested Cormorant     

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To understand why they're called double-crested cormorants, you have to see them during the breeding season.  At the beginning of the breeding season, they grow tufts of hair over each eye.
Names Phalacrocorax auritus
See also:
Anhinga

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Day 314: Double-crested Cormorant
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
09-Nov-2011
Double-crested Cormorant

Day 314
365 Days of Photos
Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorants
Phalacrocorax auritus

Seahorse Key, Cedar Keys, Levy, Florida
11/10/11
11:59:42 AM
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