Getting ready to dive

[Louis]

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[FrancoisF]

Excellent! I love the sharpness of the wings of the cormaorant and the tail slightly blurred (he was probably moving it).

 

The sea has a beautiful color!

[Louis]

Excellent! I love the sharpness of the wings of the cormaorant and the tail slightly blurred (he was probably moving it).

 

The sea has a beautiful color!

Francois, thank you very much. He was stretching to get ready for a dive (I suppose). But I never saw him diving; maybe just a show off.

[david strachan]

Nice Louis.

Drying its wings. They don't have much repellent oil in their feathers, which allows them to dive...so are often seen outstretched "drying their washing"..

Edited May 15, 2018 by david strachan

[stuny]

Lovely. 

 

If you've a chance, watch their behavior.  David is absolutely correct.   When they dive they do so while already on the surface of the water, and they "sit" fairly low in the water compared to other water birds.  They are superb at fishing, and will do a series of fruitful dives before hauling out to dry, rest or sleep. In China fisherman domesticate them and use them to fish at night from small boats with a lantern at their bows to attract fish.  The fisherman keep a brass ring on the next of their cormorants to prevent them from swallowing the fish. The bird is considered a member of the family, and works for years, and then is retired to a life of ease, being fed some of the fish their replacement catches.  A fascinating animal

[Louis]

Lovely. 

 

If you've a chance, watch their behavior.  David is absolutely correct.   When they dive they do so while already on the surface of the water, and they "sit" fairly low in the water compared to other water birds.  They are superb at fishing, and will do a series of fruitful dives before hauling out to dry, rest or sleep. In China fisherman domesticate them and use them to fish at night from small boats with a lantern at their bows to attract fish.  The fisherman keep a brass ring on the next of their cormorants to prevent them from swallowing the fish. The bird is considered a member of the family, and works for eyars, and then is retired to a life of ease, being fed some of the fish their replacement catches.  A fascinating animal

 

Stuny, thank you very much. Yes, I have seen them fishing but from a  distance. Also, I am familiar from great documentaries how  amazingly they are used in Far East .

 

Here, another shot, stretching his muscles ( ) and drying his feathers before another dive that I did not have the patience of waiting for and applauding at! 

 

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