LOCATION INFORMATION
• Capitol Lake along Dechutes Parkway in Olympia, WA
HABITAT INFORMATION
• Wetland park, heavily vegetated. Main overstory: Cottonwood, willow, Acer circinatum. Understory: small willows, Rubus spectabilis, Thimbleberry, Himalayan blackberry, long grasses.
CLIMATE INFORMATION
• 80% cloud cover
•no precipitation
•58 degrees
•no wind
TAXONOMY
Chordata
Aves
Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax
auritus
BIRDS
• appeared all black
•flew very high over I5 and to capitol lake
•Photography equipment courtesy of Robert Haney
Juveniles. Gray chests and more yellow than white on their face.