Re: Earliest documented use of designation 'cormorant'???????

Posted by bkazmer On 2019/5/13 9:38:27

I believe the heraldic term for the bird feeding her chicks by piercing herself is "a pelican in her piety". So I agree with the previous post of the bird on the crest is a pelican. However there is artistic license in lengthening the neck to make the bend, making it look more like a cormorant