What kind of bird..?

[Tangerini]

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
I definitely plan on going back and reshooting, but I'm interested in knowing what it is.
TIA!

 

[JOAT]

That would be a carmorant, though I'm not sure which species. nice shot!

 

[Tangerini]

Thanks JOAT!

 

[lostprophet]

nice, that closer than I've ever got to one

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Been wading through my "Seabirds: An identification guide" by Peter Harrison (Croom Helm) and the best match I can see is the Double-Crested Cormorant. According to the guide, it ranges across North America from Alaska and Newfoundland, south to California and Florida. Guessing that covers where you shot it.

>;o))

 

[gizmo2071]

Yeah, I saw loads of these in Vancouver, but couldn't get close enough for a decent shot with my lenses

 

[Antarctican]

We have lot of them around here, but they really don't like you getting close.

 

[Tangerini]

Been wading through my "Seabirds: An identification guide" by Peter Harrison (Croom Helm) and the best match I can see is the Double-Crested Cormorant. According to the guide, it ranges across North America from Alaska and Newfoundland, south to California and Florida. Guessing that covers where you shot it.

>;o))

yes that definitely spans my local area.

Thanks for all the comments. I actually had a pretty good hiding place behind the wall of cattails, though I'm not very pleased with how the shots came out.. :roll:

 

[Chris of Arabia]

From Google images...

Looks pretty similar to me

>;o))

 

[Renair]

It looks more like a European Shag. I photographed a few of them that live at Howth Harbour here in Dublin.