Cormorant Catches Breakfast

I was watching this Cormorant diving and swimming around looking for a meal. After several dives he did finally surface with a fish for breakfast. These were from a previous trip to the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge In Sanibel Florida. Images taken with a 300mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.

Category: Birds, Blog, Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel FL, Favorite Locations, Wildlife Tagged: Cormorant, Cormorant Fishing

6 Comments on “Cormorant Catches Breakfast”

Eliza Waters
January 5, 2020

I imagine that hooked beak is great for snagging prey. Love the green eye!

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- Reed Andariese
  January 6, 2020
  
  Thanks Eliza! They are fun to watch fish! Their eyes are very colorful!
  
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bayphotosbydonna
January 5, 2020

Great series, especially love your first photo, Reed!

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- Reed Andariese
  January 6, 2020
  
  Thanks Donna! They are fun to photograph as they are fishing. I was photographing one for 20 minutes when it finally came up with its catch. It looked so proud swimming around with its catch – A colorful leaf! Do a search on my blog homepage for – Cormorant’s Disappointing Meal
  
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Steve Gingold
January 5, 2020

You both made a good catch. Really like the first shot.

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- Reed Andariese
  January 6, 2020
  
  Thanks Steve! I do enjoy catching photos! I was never into fishing!
  
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