Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

                                                                   Photo: Animal Alliance of Canada

Photo above and below by BarrytheBirder

The Double-crested Cormorant is a very widespread bird found in both marine (Canada and the U.S.) and freshwater habitats.   It is the only cormorant regularly seen in interior wetlands and other inland areas.   It is a excellent swimmer and diver and feeds chiefly on fish.    It'd kinked snakey-neck easily distinguishes it from other cormorants. 

Double-crested Cormorant numbers have greatly increased since the 1970s.

Many observers feel they are destructive to trees near water (seen two photos above).   Breeding populations in the North-American interior are local and irregular but increasing.

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BarrytheBirder