Common Name: | Cormorant, Brandt's | Scientific Name: | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Family: | Phalacrococracidae | Area: | Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, Oregon | Date: | July 31, 2013 | 
The blue throat patch is the give away in identifying this cormorant. | 
Yaquina Head - Newport, Oregon - - - July 12, 2014 | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America by Kaufman / Birds of Oregon by Burrows & Gilligan |
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