Double-crested cormorant, binomial name Nannopterum auritum, flying low over Chokoloskee Bay in Florida.
Pictured is a double-crested cormorant, binomial name Nannopterum auritum, flying low over Chokoloskee Bay in Florida. It mainly eats fish and hunts by swimming and diving. Its feathers, like all cormorants, are not waterproof, and it must dry them out after spending time in the water. Chokoloskee Bay is roughly 10 miles long and 2 miles wide and is located along the Gulf Coast of Florida, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Ten Thousand Islands.
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