PHALACROCORACID^: Cormorants 



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Res. Coast and inland 

 lakes Common. Usually 

 in small, loose flocks. Nests 

 on islands or mainland 

 cliffs inaccessible to four- v* 

 footed enemies; often in 

 trees standing in water of 

 marsh or lake. 



Farallon Cormorant 



Coast and islands Res. 

 Abundant. Does not 

 come inland. Nests in 

 crowded colonies on islands 

 and rocky cliffs, often on an 

 isolated rock hardly above 

 the reach of the waves. 

 Sometimes gathers into 

 great "rafts" on the ocean 

 near breeding islands. 



Islands Res. Relatively 

 rare. Nests usually on shelves 

 or in niches on the face of 

 some inaccessible cliff. Like the 

 Brandt Cormorant, the Baird 

 keeps strictly to salt water. 



Baird Cormorant 



