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Great Cormorant I came across this great cormorant by a pond right in the middle of the city - what a surprise! The bird just sat there, cleaned its feathers and didn't mind much for people passing by.  Europe,Geotagged,Germany,Great Cormorant,Phalacrocorax carbo,bird,phalacrocoracidae Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Great Cormorant

I came across this great cormorant by a pond right in the middle of the city - what a surprise! The bird just sat there, cleaned its feathers and didn't mind much for people passing by.

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  1. Beautiful, thanks for sharing! Posted 13 years ago

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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.

Similar species: Sulids
Species identified by gglaeser
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By gglaeser

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Uploaded Jul 22, 2012. Captured Jul 22, 2012 10:34 in Bleicherstraße 7, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany.
  • NIKON D50
  • f/5.3
  • 10/5000s
  • 250mm