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Phalacrocorax carbo
Large, but presenting a high level of variations in size, black bird with a thick neck. It sports some bare yellow skin at base of lower mandible, surrounded by a white patch. The breeding adults develop white patch on thighs, disappearing as soon as July. It is often seen perched with its wings spread to dry.
Common and widespread bird species, found near the bodies of water well supplied with fish (lakes, estuaries, rivers). Here, on banks of a small artificial recreational lake in eastern wetlands of pays de Gex (France); in a valley just between Jura range and Geneva lake.
Spotted in a small colony during the Wetlands Bird Count 2019. Btw, on that first photo, I'm not in a bird-watching cabin or shelter - I'm just on a wrong side of a tall fence...
Spotted on Jan 12, 2019
Submitted on Jan 15, 2019
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