electric blue – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adult Double-crested Cormorant Showing The Electric Blue Lining Of Its Mouth

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-27T05:54:33-06:00July 7th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, electric blue, lining, marsh, mouth, Nannopterum auritus, water, water birds, wetlands|

During the breeding season even the inside of the mouths of Double-crested Cormorants show changes, the lining inside their mouths turns into a deep, electric or cobalt blue.