Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, USA, September

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) portrait, breeding plumage, Moss Landing, California, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) pellet of worms coughed up by cormorant International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) rehabilitator, Martha Grimson, drying juvenile, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) beneath Eureka oil rig. Los Angeles, California, USA, Pacific Ocean, September

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) swimming beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) arriving with seaweed for nesting material, Point Lobos State Reserve, California, USA, May.

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) chicks on nest, Point Lobos State Reserve, California, USA, May.

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) courtship display, Point Lobos State Reserve, California, USA, May.