Places and times seen in Munakata city

It is a winter bird in Munakata, which varies from year to year, but it is seen from November to mid April.
Munakata Okinoshima, Munakata Oshima, Okishima, the surrounding area As well as being seen at sea, you can also see individuals who are at sea from the coastal part from Kaminomi to Kanesaki.

Characteristic

The total length is 73 cm. Same color of both sexes.
It is the smallest in cows found in Japan, and the body and the beak are thin.
The whole body is black in the winters, and it has a shiny blue or purple color. The bare part around the eyes is slightly reddish. The beak and legs are dark.
In summer wings, the eyes become bright red. There are short crown feathers in the head and occipital head, and white spots appear on both sides of the waist. Young birds and young birds are brown all over and their eyes are dark.

Habit

They live in the shelters on the coast with rocks and rocks from the offshore. For eating, there are many cases going offshore, but sometimes you enter the Utsumi or harbor.

distribution

Breeding in coastal areas of Hokkaido, Iwate Prefecture, Oita Prefecture, and winter in the north of Kyushu. I live all year round breeding ground.
Worldwide, it is distributed along the coast of the Japan Sea, along the coast of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, along the coast of the Aleutian Sea, along the northern part of the North American continent.

Other

There are few numbers compared with cormorants and cormorants.