The bare skin on the throat (gular pouch) turns bright blue during the nesting season.
Adult with chicks
Digiscoped with Panasonic DMC-LX5 | Nikon FieldScope III | 30XWA |hand-held (no adapter)
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) 15 June 2013. Alcatraz Island, SF, California Photos © 2013 Joseph Morlan
The bare skin on the throat (gular pouch) turns bright blue during the nesting season. Adult with chicks Digiscoped with Panasonic DMC-LX5 | Nikon FieldScope III | 30XWA |hand-held (no adapter) |