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Description of the shags or cormorants found in New Zealand.
http://nzbirds.com/Kawau.html
US Fish and Wildlife Service discussion of conservation issues and concerns for Phalacrocorax auritus in North America. Includes links to other websites about this waterbird and its management.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/is...ues/cormorant/greatlakes_q&a.htm
Promotes knowledge of the ecology and life history of cormorants.
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Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group Eggshell thickness measurements: methods background How to take body measures How to count (great) cormorants in winter How to estimate breeding parameters How to distinguish the sinensis race from the nominate P. c. carbo Techniques for assessing diet and food...Description of the shags or cormorants found in New Zealand.
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Kawau, the black shag, Phalocrocorax carbo Its chief crime is that it has transgressed the law that any animal that comes into competition for food with man has no right to live, a crime that is held to deserve nothing less than indiscriminate persecution. So wrote...