
Double-crested Cormorant
Our most common cormorant. Seen on or beside water (open ocean or lakes). Floats partially submerged, regularly diving for fish. Often seen standing on rocks, piers, etc. with its wings spread and drying. Larger than Pelagic Cormorants and has an orange face/beak to differentiate from Brandt’s Cormorants.
All year, but more common in winter/cooler months.
More common than our Pelagic and Brandt’s Cormorants. In addition to floating on the water and standing on rocky shores, piers and wooden pilings are common perches for groups of cormorants of all species.
You can find the Double-crested Cormorant throughout every Region and Outpost on The BC Bird Trail!
Find the Double-crested Cormorant on the bird trail
Surrey
Golden
Fraser Valley
Cowichan
Harrison River Valley
Kimberley
Richmond
Langley
Sea to Sky
Osoyoos
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Parksville Qualicum Beach
Nanaimo
Delta
Radium and Invermere
Chilliwack
Abbotsford
Cranbrook
Squamish
Central Vancouver Island
Whistler
South Fraser
Columbia Valley
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Cranbrook Kimberley Golden Radium Hot Springs and Invermere-PanoramaLangford
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