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21-NOV-2018

Cormorant capades: Taking a breather (3/4)

One of a series of shots of a cormorant that dove into the water and resurfaced, over and over, and finally started to dry his wings off. I don’t know if he caught anything, but it was quite a display.

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After Tim spotted a great blue heron in an artificial lake on the National Mall the other day, we went down there on Wednesday armed with cameras to try to find him again. Not only did we find the heron, but also several cormorants and countless geese and ducks. It was pretty amazing to see the heron and cormorants on the mall as there aren’t any large fish in the water, but they seemed to make do with hunting tiny prey.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Cormorant capades: Resurfacing (3/5), posted earlier:

Sony RX10 IV
1/640s f/4.0 at 155.4mm iso160 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Ton T.28-Nov-2018 18:50
An interesting series of this cormorant at work! V
Ika Zinka Eferl28-Nov-2018 16:54
Wonderful pose of this beautiful bird, excellent composition. Great moment! V
Pieter Bos28-Nov-2018 16:05
Right timing!! ~V
Hank Vander Velde28-Nov-2018 14:43
Terrific action shot Helen.
Blandine Mangin28-Nov-2018 12:32
belle prise de cet oiseau aux ailes déployées, prêt à prendre son vol ! v
Hennie & Lies Lammers28-Nov-2018 10:35
A terrific action shot . V
marie-jose wolff28-Nov-2018 09:58
fine capture of the cormorant spreading its wings, excellent timing! V
carabias28-Nov-2018 09:43
At first I thought he was drowning, hehehe, it turns out that he loves water. Great catch, Helen. V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal28-Nov-2018 07:36
Beautiful action shot, well timed. V
Nirvan Hope28-Nov-2018 06:17
Wonderful getting the whole wingspan.
William Barletta28-Nov-2018 05:31
Good catch (even if the bird didn't) ~V~
joseantonio28-Nov-2018 05:19
nice timing for that pose.V.
Fong Lam28-Nov-2018 03:17
Very well timed with those water dripping from the wings...V
Julie Oldfield28-Nov-2018 02:15
Great shot. The detail in the wings is excellent. V
Range View 28-Nov-2018 01:51
A terrific shot wonderfully captured Helen.
David.
Jim Coffman28-Nov-2018 01:19
Another pose just for you, Helen.. Nice timing to capture this..
globalgadabout28-Nov-2018 01:18
a bit of a show-boater then....cool capture with drips falling..