Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Auritus, 5. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

One of the unique features of the cormorant is, although it is an aquatic bird, it is not water proof, so they must spread their wings after diving in order to dry itself. Found throughout North America up to southern Alaska and down to northern Mexico, their numbers were decreasing until DDT was finally banned, and now they are finally making a come back.