Cormorants are shy and prefer to have their pictures taken underwater. Sometimes I can catch them when they are sunning themselves on the trash-catching buoy things. This one looks like it is wearing fake eyelashes to go with its beautiful blue eyes... but that's just the double-crest it's named for.
One thing I like about cormorants is the texture of their feathers. At a distance they look plain black, but up close, they are beautifully scaly. Each one of the edges you can see here is the result of a thin black border to the individual feathers. And see how the back feathers don't have that scaliness?
I love the shy-looking cormorant. Another subtle detail is the stripy beak.
Here's another cormorant that has a much more impressive crest. Maybe that's a triple crest?
You know it's spring when the pink flowers are blooming, and the cormorants are perching in dead trees, grunting like pigs.
One thing I like about cormorants is the texture of their feathers. At a distance they look plain black, but up close, they are beautifully scaly. Each one of the edges you can see here is the result of a thin black border to the individual feathers. And see how the back feathers don't have that scaliness?
I love the shy-looking cormorant. Another subtle detail is the stripy beak.
Here's another cormorant that has a much more impressive crest. Maybe that's a triple crest?
You know it's spring when the pink flowers are blooming, and the cormorants are perching in dead trees, grunting like pigs.
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