Perched on a limb above me, a Double-crested Cormorant peers straight down with a curious expression, as though asking the photographer, 'Do I know you?'

Pretty sure this sometimes silly and often goofy bird is recognizable and needs no introduction, even in silhouette.

A Double-crested Cormorant launches from the lake with a fish in its bill, only to lose its hard-won catch moments later.