Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax auritus

Residency: Summers in western part of Arizona.

Diet: Eat mostly fish.

Predators: Corvids and Coyotes prey upon young. Bald Eagles and Great-horned Owl prey upon adults.

Nesting:  Nest is in a tree or on ground and is a platform made of sticks and seaweed, lined with twigs and grass. They are colonial. Eggs: 2-7 per clutch, pale blue, 1 brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes:  Flocks fly in line or V formation. After fishing they stand with wings spread to dry.

Photo: To be added.

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