Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, and American White Pelican

©Alex Viduetsky

Published: October 20, 2008

Double-crested Cormorants pass judgment on a Great Blue Heron and an American White Pelican.

Birder's World subscriber Alex Viduetsky saw the noisy group at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys, California. He used a Canon 40D and a Canon 100-400mm zoom lens to take the picture.

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