Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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> Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Widespread on both fresh water or sea, They can often be seen in their characteristic perched pose with wings outstretched. In the water, most of their body is submerged. They catch fish in a long dive and bring their bigger catch to the surface to eat.
More info on these pages "Cormorant pdf" and "Paxton-pits"
25 Oct 2010 - Cormorant takes off in blind panic as Seal is fishing in the Hermitage Stream, Broadmarsh. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
The Cormorant rose from a dive, did not pause at the surface, but immediately took off. This is a snap shot at the wrong ISO (100) resulting in too slow a shutter speed (1/250s). Despite this, I thought I would keep it.
