Red-faced Cormorant spreading its wings in flight on Saint Paul Island in Alaska's Pribilof Islands, photographed by Christopher Dodds. — Red-faced Cormorant — Saint Paul Island, Alaska (Phalacrocorax urile, Cormoran à face rouge, Cormorán carirrojo, RFCO) from my Saint Paul Island, Alaska Workshop. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens @ 600 mm. ISO 2,500, f/6.3 @ 1/5,000s, manual exposure. Full-frame image.

At the Edge of the Bering Sea: Photographing the Red-faced Cormorant on Saint Paul Island

Christopher Dodds September 1, 2026

The Red-faced Cormorant isn't a bird most North American photographers get many opportunities to photograph. Saint Paul Island in Alaska's remote Pribilof Islands is one of the best places to change that.