Double-crested Cormorants

The Cormorants continue to hang around the lake. Originally I posted that they were Great Cormorants, but then I read that Greats are typically found along the Atlantic coast. These guys must be Double-crested Cormorants (crests visible only during mating season). There were two of them perched on dead branches near the island yesterday and we caught one of them drying its wings this morning. From Cornell's "All About Birds" website:

"The gangly Double-crested Cormorant is a prehistoric-looking, matte-black fishing bird with yellow-orange facial skin. Though they look like a combination of a goose and a loon, they are relatives of frigatebirds and boobies and are a common sight around fresh and salt water across North America--perhaps attracting the most attention when they stand on docks, rocky islands and channel markers, their wings spread out to dry. These solid, heavy-boned birds are experts at diving to catch small fish."