Cormorant wing dry

[SKM]

Usually when we see cormorants they are perched much too far away to . However when we went into one of the hides at WWT Arundel yesterday one was perched very close but...... he had his back towards us!! Managed to get a few shots as he turned his head and this one with one wing spread out to dry.

Stan

[Hedge Witch]

That's another fantastic shot, Stan - really clear, and a great pose too

[SKM]

thanks very much

Stan

[Tracey.A]

Lovely shot Stan! I'm quite fond of cormorants, I find their antics quite funny We have lots of these birds at my local reserve

Tracey

[thunder]

I know it's often said that they spread their wings out to dry - but I recall a letter some years ago (possibly in British Birds) describing one adopting this pose in pouring rain!

henrya

[Brenners]

That's a superbly detailed shot! I encountered a cormorant in unusual circumstances in Arundel too. Like you say, they're nearly always very distant but this particular one was standing on a wooden post right at the side of the road, with holiday makers walking within metres of it. It didn't seem remotely bothered either, until I took the lens cap off my camera and it made a run for it. My camera lens cap often has that effect

Bren

[SKM]

Thanks for looking tracey, henrya and bren

-I know it's often said that they spread their wings out to dry

I now wnder if he was just stretching as he spread the wing two or three times just for short periods

until I took the lens cap off my camera and it made a run for it. My camera lens cap often has that effect

happens to me as well. "chased" a heron from one side of a lake to the other and back again yesterday

Stan

[deer boy]

I'm sure i commented on this thread before, anyhow Great shot Stan i saw my first ever Cormorant the other week lovely birds

[SKM]

Hi Deer Boy

I have confused you. You did comment on the cormorant I posted earlierr in the week - this one is from a couple of weeks back.

Until these two occasions, different places, I had never seen them so close before

Thanks for looking

Regards

Stan

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by SKM

Hi Deer Boy

I have confused you. You did comment on the cormorant I posted earlierr in the week - this one is from a couple of weeks back.
Stan

That would explain it then