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David Levinson > Double crested Cormorant, Shag - Phalacrocorax auritus The double-crested cormorant is a little more than two feet long with a wingspan of about four feet. It has dark brown to black feathers, a long hooked bill with an orange throat pouch, a long tail, and webbed black feet. Adults have tufts of feathers over their eyes. Males and females look alike.

David Levinson > American White Pelican - elecanus erythrorhynchos It is a very large and plump bird; its overall length is about 50-70 inches (130-180 cm), courtesy of the huge beak which measures 13-14.4 inches (320-365 mm) in males and 10.4-13 in (265-320 mm) in females. It has a wingspan of about 95-120 in (c.240-300 cm) and weighs between 11 and 19 lbs (5-8.5 kg). The plumage is almost entirely bright white, except the black primary and secondary remiges, which are hardly visible except in flight however. From early spring until after breeding has finished in mid-late summer, the breast feathers have a yellowish hue. After moulting into the eclipse plumage, the upper head often has a grey hue, as blackish feathers grow between the small wispy white crest. The bill is long and flat, with a large throat sac, and in the breeding season vivid orange like the iris, the bare skin around the eye, and the feet. In the breeding season, there is a laterally flattened "horn" on the upper bill, about one-third the bill's length behind the tip. This is shed off after the birds have mated and laid their eggs, and outside the breeding season the bare parts become duller in color, with the nakes facial skin yellow and the bill, pouch and feet an orangy-flesh color. Apart from the difference in size, males and females look exactly alike. Immature birds have light grey plumage with darker brownish nape and remiges. Their bare parts are dull grey. Hatchlings are naked at first, then grow white down feathers all over, before moulting to the immature plumage.

David Levinson > As The Crow Flies
Taken near the Canals at Venice Beach, Ca.

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > American White Pelican - elecanus erythrorhynchos It is a very large and plump bird; its overall length is about 50-70 inches (130-180 cm), courtesy of the huge beak which measures 13-14.4 inches (320-365 mm) in males and 10.4-13 in (265-320 mm) in females. It has a wingspan of about 95-120 in (c.240-300 cm) and weighs between 11 and 19 lbs (5-8.5 kg). The plumage is almost entirely bright white, except the black primary and secondary remiges, which are hardly visible except in flight however. From early spring until after breeding has finished in mid-late summer, the breast feathers have a yellowish hue. After moulting into the eclipse plumage, the upper head often has a grey hue, as blackish feathers grow between the small wispy white crest. The bill is long and flat, with a large throat sac, and in the breeding season vivid orange like the iris, the bare skin around the eye, and the feet. In the breeding season, there is a laterally flattened "horn" on the upper bill, about one-third the bill's length behind the tip. This is shed off after the birds have mated and laid their eggs, and outside the breeding season the bare parts become duller in color, with the nakes facial skin yellow and the bill, pouch and feet an orangy-flesh color. Apart from the difference in size, males and females look exactly alike. Immature birds have light grey plumage with darker brownish nape and remiges. Their bare parts are dull grey. Hatchlings are naked at first, then grow white down feathers all over, before moulting to the immature plumage.

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