When I took this I imagined these two cormorants to be saying to each other(edit to correct spelling, thanks Hook).
Well honey, my wings are dry how about yours?
[Edited on 8-10-2007 by bajajudy]
bajajudy - 8-10-2007 at 01:52 PM
This is a better shot. They let me walk up pretty close to them.
DianaT - 8-10-2007 at 02:04 PM
That is cute!
Is one smoking a cigarette?
The Gull - 8-10-2007 at 02:07 PM
Hook - 8-10-2007 at 02:10 PM
Cormorants are astounding..........I remember one lean year when they were diving about 25 foot down to steal our live baits off our hooks while
fishing the kelps. We eventually had to move..........and they just followed. So, we were forced to drift for halibut out farther.
Amazing divers and swimmers; they might be the ultimate evolution of a sea bird. They can feed on the surface or at depth. I see them at lakes far
inland, too.
EDIT: just checked wiki and cormorants have been known to dive to depths of 45 meters. And I was impressed with 25 feet!!
[Edited on 8-10-2007 by Hook]bajajudy - 8-10-2007 at 02:11 PM
No Gull just walking fast.woody with a view - 8-10-2007 at 07:08 PM
perhaps it is the "fermentation" of the diet as it releases itself through the skin of the cormorant that is so appealing.....as if to say, "look here
mama, i am the master of the deep dive, and i'll provide your bebe's mucho pescado tambien!!!!!!"Iflyfish - 8-11-2007 at 02:50 AM
Morning BO check?
IflyfishRoberto - 8-12-2007 at 06:40 PM
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Originally posted by Hook
Cormorants are astounding..........
Yes, they certainly are. You know that in China they are trained to "fish on command" for their owners?Hook - 8-13-2007 at 08:27 AM
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Originally posted by Roberto
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Originally posted by Hook
Cormorants are astounding..........
Yes, they certainly are. You know that in China they are trained to "fish on command" for their owners?
I DO recall that......they give them ring-around-the-collar, dont they?Ken Bondy - 8-13-2007 at 10:04 AM
They are truly amazing birds. I have seen them cruising along underwater at 100 feet and in flight:
They nest in trees:
In the Galapagos, where they lack any topside predators, they have lost the ability to fly and their wings are evolving into appendages that look more
like penguin flippers. This is a bird that is really more like a fish or a marine mammal than a bird. Except for that nesting in trees thing.Russ - 8-13-2007 at 02:20 PM
Here is a Bob Cat my friends saw on the beach here and was not about to give up his meal to them so they took a couple of photos and gave it a wide
birth.
Hook - 8-13-2007 at 02:24 PM
What does he have, Russ? Is that a turkey vulture?Russ - 8-13-2007 at 02:41 PM
And I was impressed with 25 feet!!
