Double-crested Cormorants

(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Welcome to the site on Double-crested Cormorants. Here you can learn how to identify and locate such a bird. You will also learn about its breeding and nesting behaviour, and the developmental process of a nestling. There is also a special section on the Double-crested Cormorants in the Great Lakes and Hamilton area.

Click onto one of the following:

• About Cormorants
• Species Name
• Identifying a Double-crested Cormorant
• Locating this Waterbird
• Breeding Behaviour
• Development of Young
• Spread-wing Behaviour
• Interactions with Humans
• Double-crested Cormorants in the Great Lakes Region
• References
• Other Links

This site was created by Debbie Chan, as part of a larger project for a Biology course through McMaster University.

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Click onto this icon to see references.

Click onto this icon to go to the Hamilton Harbour Species homepage.