Seashore, rocky or sandy, Marshes, freshwater, Swamps, Sea, open
Monogamous, Colonial
Blue white
Both sexes
Made of moss, grasses, and seaweed.
Nonmigratory
Brandt's Cormorant: Medium-sized, crestless cormorant with dull black body. Face and back have slender white plumes. Throat pouch is bright blue bordered with yellow. Winter adult lacks blue throat pouch. Juvenile is dark brown above, paler below.
Brandt's Cormorant: Resident along Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska south to Baja California. Preferred habitats include rocky coastal shores.
Brandt's Cormorant: Three to six blue white eggs are laid in a large nest made of seaweed or other debris; usually nests in colonies on cliffs and rocky islands. Incubation ranges from 28 to 31 days and is carried out by both parents.
Brandt's Cormorant: Eats fish; forages underwater, swimming with wings and feet to chase down prey and capture it with hooked bill.
Brandt's Cormorant: Emits a variety of croaks and grunts only on the nest.
Brandt's Cormorant: Loons lack hooked bills. Double-crested Cormorant has orange on throat. Pelagic Cormorant has red on throat and is noticeably smaller and slimmer.