EUROPEAN SHAGS IN WATER, OROPOS LAGOON,ATTICA REGION,GREECE, 10/10/2019

   The first two photos show a nonbreeding adult European Shag and last photo shows a juvenile.  We can ID these cormorants as European Shags as follows:

• Rounded head
• Thin bill
• Yellow throat patch
• Adult is black with green gloss and juvenile is brownish with grayish throat
• Adult has a dark bill and juvenile has a dull yellow bill

   The European Shag is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 969.