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Phalacrocorax carbo
This great cormorant was observed fishing. It spent up to 30 seconds under water and only came up for a few seconds in between, when these pics were taken; its body remained partially submerged. Seen in flight on the last shot.
The shores of a large central European lake.
There are only few of these birds left in Switzerland in winter. Most migrate south towards France and Spain.
Spotted on Dec 29, 2012
Submitted on Jan 1, 2013
11 Comments
Very nice
Thank you Satyen!
Nice series!
Thanks you António and Argy! We have a breeding population of these birds, but they migrate south in the winter. On the other hand, we get winter migrants from further north. Who knows where this one was off to!
great series Daniele,i love those blue eyes,my portuguese mission have a Great Cormorant as mission photo,congrats and thanks for sharing
Super set of shots... the last one, above a cloud and against those mountains is just showing off :-)
Thanks Emilie!
Beautiful pic, Daniele!
Thanks Maria and namitha!
Nice series, Daniele!
Cool spotting.