[Length 36 in. Wingspan 63 in.]

This immature Great Cormorant was photographed on a piling in Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1982)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Neotropic Cormorant was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=570mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 9, 2006)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Neotropical Cormorant was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 23, 2004)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Neotropic Cormorant was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 29, 2004)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Neotropic Cormorant was photographed at Wadley Barron Park, Midland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 8, 2009)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Neotropic Cormorant was photographed at the Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 23, 2009)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This immature Neotropic Cormorant was photographed at Indian Point Park, Portland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 27, 2009)

[Length 28 in. Wingspan 39 in.]

The Pelagic Cormorant is a glossy black color with a thin, black "pencil" for a bill. In flight during the breeding season, they show a white patch at the base of the wings, which the larger, bulkier Double-crested Cormorant lacks. Pelagic Cormorants occur along the west coast of North America from northwestern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to southern California. They are strictly coastal, and nest in colonies on cliff faces and rocky islands with Murres, Gulls, and Kittiwakes. This Pelagic Cormorant was photographed on the Coast Guard jetty in Monterey, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)