Summary[edit] Description: Brandt's Cormorant You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Date: 19 December 2015, 12:56. Source: brandts_cormorant. Author: USFWS - Pacific Region.
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) Adult non-breeding (with characteristic pale feathering under eye, rounded crown of the head, blue eyes, graceful neck...) a seabird seen here near Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA 20 Sept. 2009. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 1D Mark III, Canon 600mm f/4.0 Lens with Circular Polarizer, on heavy Gitzo tripod with Wimberley Gimbal head on leveling base.