Pearson College Marine Science

Yesterday afternoon, Théa spotted a dead Double crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) laying on the ground beside the flagpole on the director’s lawn.

Based on the damage to the neck and chest we suspect predation by a peregrine falcon.

This morning we did a necropsy on the cormorant and were particularly impressed with the heart and the trachea & bronchi.

Tags: Double crested cormorant, necropsy, peregrine falcon, Phalacrocorax auritus

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