Cormorants

A pair of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying their wings in the wintersun.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Great shot, never saw these before in the Netherlands! Posted 13 years ago

Kurt Peeters

Katipo Spider

Thanks, they are quite common in water areas, I sometimes even see them around the office building I'm working in. Posted 13 years ago

DragonC

Musk Oxen

So this begs the question as to why Cormorants spread their wings like that.
It has been suggested that this is to dry their wings. Others say that it is to help regulate body temperature whilst they digest their catch.

I think it's more likely that given that they are Fishermen and they are telling the others...
Did you see the one that got away? It was this big I tell ya. This big!
Posted 13 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Just for you I'd say JungleDragon needs captions, just like the lolcat images :) Posted 13 years ago

The Great Cormorant

The Great Cormorant, known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Similar species: Sulids

Species identified by Ludo Sak