Brandt’s Cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
True sea birds, Brandt’s Cormorants inhabit the Pacific coast of North America from southern Alaska to southern Mexico, and aren’t known to visit freshwater environs as its Double-Crested cousins will. Their primary nesting territories are along the California coast, where they take advantage of the fish and squid food sources delivered from the Northern Pacific Ocean by the California current.
I’ve been fortunate with opportunities to observe colonies of Brandt’s Cormorants nesting in La Jolla, where they can be seen from street-level walkways without causing a disturbance to the nesting birds. There I’ve enjoyed watching them during courting, nest-building, egg-laying, baby raising, and fledging.
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 13:36 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X7803-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2011:04:20 14:17 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 |
File Name: JCD7429-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2011:04:20 14:17 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD7426-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2011:04:14 9:06 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 |
File Name: JCD7083_BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 14:38 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X7876-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 14:37 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X7869-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 14:35 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X7864-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 14:32 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X7851-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:51 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X7154-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 13:21 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X7659-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 13:05 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X7588-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:02 13:04 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X7569-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: On a nest near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 16:20 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7346-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:23 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7309-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: Back from foraging at sea near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:23 |
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Location:
La Jolla Cove |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X7307-BrandtsCormorant |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: On a nest near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:20 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X7304-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Brandt's Cormorant(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
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Description: On a nest near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:16 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X7294-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
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