Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus
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Local to the West Coast, Brandt's Cormorants range from Alaska to the Gulf of California. One of the best places that I know of to view them, especially in breeding season, is Point Lobos. Point Lobos is just south of Monterey and Carmel. During the spring you can see them in their breeding plumage and posture at Bird Rock.
Like all cormorants they are fish eaters.
Note the two eggs under the cormorant in the front
06/24/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Juveniles in the middle
06/08/2009 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Gathering nesting material
05/16/2013 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Two mating Brandt's Cormorants in background
05/16/2013 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Gathering nesting material
05/16/2013 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Breeding season at Point Lobos for Brandt's Cormorants
05/16/2013 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Breeding season
05/20/2007 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Breeding plumage and posture
05/20/2007 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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Note egg under cormorant
05/20/2007 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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06/05/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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06/05/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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06/05/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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06/05/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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It looked like the one cormorant was trying to keep the other from falling
06/24/2008 - Point Lobos State Park (Carmel, CA)
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11/08/2015 - Cannery Road, Monterey, CA
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11/08/2015 - Cannery Road, Monterey, CA
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