These are, I believe, a type of Merganser (someone correct me if I'm wrong)(see below). Whatever, they like to swim back and forth, flap their wings, and fly around, so they must be some kind of duck!
Edit: I've been corrected -- call them a Double-Breasted Cormorant!
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