Double-crested Cormorants – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Nannopterum auritus

Double-crested Cormorants are large, dark waterbirds with webbed feet, long necks, small heads, long, hooked bills and bright green to aquamarine colored eyes.

It has only been 4 days? Really?

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:58:07-05:00May 19th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Clark's Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, bird photography, birds, Clark's Grebe, defensive posture, Double-crested Cormorant, flight, Nannopterum auritus, nature, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Salt Lake Valley, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, wildlife|

For days it has been raining (sometimes hailing), cloudy and a miserable gray here in the Salt Lake Valley though it seems like two weeks to this bird photographer.

Coming Soon to a view near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:39:04-05:00March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

Injured Birds

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:49:34-05:00August 27th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Northern Gannets|Tags: cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, fishing hook, fishing line, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, gannet, gannets, injured, injured birds, Morus bassanus, Nannopterum auritus, Northern Gannet, Pinellas County, rescue groups|

Many people volunteer at bird rescue groups, donate time or money to help the injured birds. The rescue groups provide a safe haven for birds to recover before being released back into the wild.

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