phalacrocorax

Phalacrocorax

Taken at the Don Castro Regional Recreation Area at 30+m. I really enjoy catching feather details on this species.

Taken at Lake Merritt (Oakland, CA). There is a large colony of Double-Crested Cormorants on a series of protected islands on the lake. Large variety of plumage states/colors, all kinds of age groups. Was quite impressive. Still wish I could get a photo of one with the crests, but in the...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 30m. These photos are a series that pick up from my previous contribution, and are part of a sequence, left-to-right, top-to-bottom. It happened so fast and I was zoomed in too close so they are all clipped oddly (parts of wings...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 40m. It's funny, we almost only ever see these birds sunning themselves or otherwise hanging-out on land. But here they are, swimming along...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 20m. Always plenty of time to practice my photography skills with these locals always around and in predictable places. Here we have the classic drying-off pose, with a photobomb by a male Greater Scaup.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 40m. Another photo of this same bird. I half wonder if this is the same bird I keep seeing over and over in this spot and sitting on a marker buoy in the marsh. If so, we nicknamed him "Buoy Bird" for the habit. :) He...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 40m. This species has been on my "to do list" to photograph clearly ever since I saw some gorgeous photos here in the gallery. Granted, my camera is no DSLR, but this one satisfied my "finally a nice photo&quot...

Water landing on the Paranoa Lake.

Neotropic Cormorant and the typical "sunbathing" or "wing-drying" behavior.

The only Phalacrocoracidae found in Brazil. And it is very common. You can see a Hilaire's Toadhead Turtle (Phrynops hilarii) with the cormorant.

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus) Photographed on a fishing pier extending into Little Bay, Fulton, Texas, Aransas County, Texas, USA.

Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus) This over crowded pier was causing quite a bit of squabbling among these cormorants. Photographed on a fishing pier extending into Little Bay, Fulton, Texas, Aransas County, Texas, USA.

Double-crested cormorant dropped the fish for a moment giving the appearance of it flying prior to recapturing and swallowing it.

A common view from a ferry trip in the Bosphorus.