It is always a thrill to me to see one of these Double-crested Cormorants and we were lucky enough to see this one yesterday. Much too high up in the dead branches, but at least you can still see what kind of bird it is. I love their blue eyes - I think they almost look like half glass marbles stuck on the head. Late this afternoon, I returned to this part of a local park and there were three of these birds in the same tree - just as you said, Phil! Oh, by the way, the underside of the tail is completely black, but in my image the sun caused the tail to look partly white.