great cormorant phalacrocorax carbo

We visited Fotografiska, the gallery for contemporary photography in Stockholm and afterwards, perhaps inspired by what we had seen, I decided to try to photograph the Cormorants in the water nearby. I was lucky enough to spot one quite close and then it took off. I got a whole series of...

The pleasure that a little ray of sunshine brings....

There were both Cormorants and Shags in Helensburgh but I got closer to the Cormorants. I was photographing it in the water when it took off so the shutter speed was slower than I would normally use for birds in flight. Hence the motion blur on the wings. Luckily enough the rest of the bird was...

Here are the first 2 pictures from our Easter trip.

You can't zoom out with the 400 mm lens but I managed to get it all in the frame - just. :-)

It was interesting to meet this colony. I think the birds were resting after having eaten. It is said that the acidic droppings of the birds are destroying the leaves of the trees and eventually kill them of. The image seems to prove this theory.

After having swallowed the big fish, shown in my previous post, the young cormorant found a place to dry its wings. He shall have no problems for the rest of the Sunday.

It was a nice Sunday morning. The young cormorant appeared behind my boat with a big catfish in the beak. It took him several minutes to swallow the catfish. The rest of the day must have been good for him.

I was looking for Bearded Tits that I didn't find but this was a nice birthday present. Early post today. Off to Landsort in the archipelago for a couple of days tomorrow so no posts till Saturday.

A couple of Hooded Crows and a Great Black-backed Gull too

A serene moment whereby the fish is being held by this cormorant.

I saw this young cormorant swimming in the middle of the cannel we were sailing on. To my surprise he did not fly away but only increased his speed. This allowed me to take some photos before he dived.