Hundreds of Brandt’s cormorants built nests, laid and hatched eggs and had chicks born and fledge along West Cliff Drive adjacent to Natural Bridges State Beach beginning in May. Now that the young ...

A Brandt’s cormorant shines with its trademark blue highlights, wispy white feathers and purple sheen while foraging in Santa Cruz recently. The largest cormorant on the Pacific Coast, according to ...

Brandt's cormorants are nesting by the hundreds along the rugged cliffs and broad coastal terraces of the Pecho Coast — the coastline that stretches from Point San Luis where the lighthouse is located ...

Birding could not be better than at La Jolla Cove right now. If you peek over the edge of the fence on the north side of the lifeguard tower, you’ll be able to see a Brandt’s cormorant (Phalacrocorax ...

Given months to comply with a 94-year-old federal law, fireworks fanatics in Depoe Bay went the stubborn, whining route this Independence Day, a decision that is captivating Drudge and Fox News. Like ...

With its big, floppy feet, the double-crested cormorant is kind of comical, but it’s the bird’s bad hair day that will really amuse you. Right now, visitors along San Diego’s coastline or at just ...

Creching behavior of Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) chicks was studied at Southeast Farallon Island, California, in July and August 1984. Three stages of creching were described: (1) ...

30-35 (76-89 cm). A solidly built black cormorant with orange throat pouch and long neck. Long hooked bill tilted upward when bird swims. Adults have short tuft of feathers over each eye during ...