Observations of Nocturnal Foraging in the Double-crested Cormorant

Authors

D. Tommy King, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
J. Brent Harrel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center
Brian Dorr, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
David Reinhold, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services

Date of this Version

3-3-1998

Comments

Published in Colonial Waterbirds 21 (2): 234-235, 1998.

Abstract

Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) are normally considered a diurnal species. Here we describe cormorants foraging nocturnally in an oxbow lake in Mississippi. We have observed this behavior only once during 30 capture attempts over seven years.