Brandt's cormorant
phalacrocorax penicillatus latin

The rock is often a resting ground for Brandt's cormorants.

Brandt's Cormorant have been observed foraging at depths of over 40 feet.

This name would apply to the group around its type species (Brandt's Cormorant, P. penicillatus).

They ranged in size from that of a large cormorant (such as a Brandt's Cormorant), to being 2 m long.

Seabirds - namely Brandt's Cormorant - and seals use the island as a breeding and resting site.

Brandt's Cormorants feed either singly or in flocks, and are adaptable in prey choice and undersea habitat.

The headland cliffs within the quarry provide nesting sites for bank swallows, pelagic cormorants, and Brandt's cormorants.

Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's cormorant)

The Peregrine Falcon, Brown Pelican, Brandt's Cormorant and other seabirds are very easy to see along the coast.

Hazy Islands Wilderness comprises five small islands and is home to 10 species of birds, including Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus).

Predators that do eat the fish include Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) and the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

Its predators include the Common Seal, California Sea Lion, Blue shark, Chinook salmon, Black-throated Diver, and Brandt's Cormorant.

The Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America.

Included on this list are the Marbled Murrelet, Common Loon, and Brandt's Cormorant (Audubon Society Washington Watchlist Webpage).

He described several birds collected by Russian explorers off the Pacific Coast of North America, including Brandt's Cormorant, Red-legged Kittiwake and Spectacled Eider.

Two species are of particular ecological concern: the western gull, 'Larus occidentalis', and Brandt's cormorant, 'Phalacrocorax penicillatus', both of which are threatened by feral cats and island foxes.

This short film basks in the star presence of these captivating creatures, which have an admirable supporting cast that includes condo-sized (and harmless) basking sharks, California sea lions, Brandt's cormorants and Medusa jellyfish.

Besides seeing whales, passengers are likely to encounter Northern elephant seals, harbor seals, California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins as well as birds like the white ibis, elegant tern, reddish egret, brown pelican and Brandt's cormorant.

Many birds make their home at or near the Sea Lion Caves such as the Pigeon Guillemot, Brandt's Cormorant, Western, Herring, and California Gulls, Tufted Puffins, and the occasional hawk or Bald Eagle.

Blackeye gobies are heavily preyed upon in turn by bass (such as kelp bass and barred sand bass), rock cod, greenling, and other predatory fishes of their rock and reef habitats, as well as birds like Brandt's cormorants and double-crested cormorants.

Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's cormorant)

Predators that do eat the fish include Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) and the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

The Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America.

Two species are of particular ecological concern: the western gull, 'Larus occidentalis', and Brandt's cormorant, 'Phalacrocorax penicillatus', both of which are threatened by feral cats and island foxes.