Hatching Year Double-crested Cormorant.
That's what all the "boobiformes" have turned out to be here on the
Columbia River Estuary.

>
>Paul Cousins called me last night to report a reported sighting [on Sept.
>14] of a "gannet" flying with cormorants inside the Everett "breakwater"
>(presumably, Jetty Island). The observer is a recent arrival from the east
>coast and reports ruling out white pelican, snow goose, and booby [? how].
>It was a large white bird with black on the wings [somewhere]. Who know what
>it might have been. Anyone in the area should keep a look out for something
>strange.
>
>Gene Hunn.
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Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR _Birds and other Wildlife of the
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