Great Cormorant by stuart83
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Stuart
Great Cormorants are probably the most widespread member of the cormorant family with a range that includes North America, Europe, Africa, China, India, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Australia. It occurs throughout most of Australia but is more numerous in the south-east and south-west. In spite of its preference for extensive areas of permanent freshwater, it is not confined to these and is often observed on coastal inlets and estuaries.
Food and feeding
Like other cormorants, the Great Cormorant feeds predominantly on fish, supplemented in freshwater by crustaceans, various aquatic insects and frogs. The Great Cormorant is an excellent swimmer and captures its food in shallow underwater dives, normally lasting up to one minute. Underwater it swims and pursues prey using its feet, but not its wings. Outside of the breeding season small groups are formed although birds are often seen fishing alone.
Comments (12)
erlandpil
Beautifult image erland
Littlejock
Wonderful colours and details
kjpweb
Wow! Stuart - that's a great shot!
danob
Splendid image Stuart cant think of anything to be in the least bit critical
TwoPynts
Impressive capture of these oh so interesting bird.
tizjezzme
Beautiful shot of this pretty bird... :)
alhak
very good shot
RobyHermida
WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Splendid image!! Roby ;O)
lilbiscuit
Beautiful colors and details. Great shot!
TheAnimaGemini
Lovely shot. LOL Love his silly face expression. Funny.
GiMi53
Excellent picture ! Congratulations for the selection of your image in the LWitG feature (Last Week in the Gallery week 18/2007) !
mhyrdin
Beautifull shot indeed ! I'm not sure it's a great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) but rather a white breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)often considered as subspecies of the great one.