Ugly and Oily

I've had some good photo opportunities with these guys lately---They're notoriously hard on the fish population according to many of the locals hereabouts--(I doubt it) and they're also reputed to ruin stands of their roosting trees (with abundant suppies of super hot guano from their fish diet). I will vouch for their less than attractive appearance but I'm thinking they fill some ecological niche somewhere---

Adult Pelagic Cormorant w/breeding plummage

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Amazing birds Jim, and great shots.

They kill acres of trees in roosting ares Jim and They are eating machines.

The Cormorant