cormorant

Now, the pond was murky, and a cormorant stood hunting at the water’s edge.

In 2018, there were also claims that Australians tried to rig the contest in favour of the shag - a species of cormorant.

An Antarctic cormorant on western Graham Land was also infected yet apparently unharmed.

The Coast Guard said three live birds — a cormorant, a loon and a grebe — were found sullied with oil and were being treated.

One bird — a Brandt’s cormorant — that had oil on it died over the weekend.