If you wonder why these birds are called Double-crested Cormorants, look at the following photo taken at the Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
Double-crested Cormorant. Look at those blue eyes and crests!
The two crests that the bird sports are only visible during breeding season, which is right now. Once breeding season is over, it will revert back to looking like the young Cormorant below, although adults would be much darker in color.
Young Double-crested Cormorant.
neihtn 
He’s a beauty! Amazing colours 🙂
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It’s awesome the way that you got both the crests and the cormorant’s blue eyes to show so well in one photo!
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These male birds look either pretty or interesting during the breeding season. Love these two captures. 🙂
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Very interesting, Hien. How do you know so much and remember them too?
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I didn’t know, Helen. When I took the photo I thought they were a strange kind of Cormorants that I had never seen before! By the way, the crests can also be white.
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Oh… I feel better now. 😉 Learned a lot from you. Thank you!
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