Another Cormorant on a No Fishing sign post (yawn)

By Words | Published January 9, 2013

Even I'm beginning to get a little tired of these, or at least am running out of possible variations on the theme. Today's sequence shows the cormorant (a youngish one judging by the brown rather than black plumage) surveying and then mounting the sign.
"Looks like a handy place for a spot of fishing"

"One small leap for cormorant-kind…"

"We have touchdown"

"Hmmm. where are the fish" (stamps foot)

"Peek-a-boo anyone?"
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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11 Comments

  1. derWandersmann January 10, 2013 at 2:01 am #

    LOL

  2. gdare January 10, 2013 at 2:01 am #

    Seems only cormorants are active at this time of year 😛

  3. claudeb January 10, 2013 at 7:01 am #

    And they sure like to challenge authority. 😛

  4. serola January 10, 2013 at 8:01 am #

    I think there's plenty of variation :sherlock: 😀

  5. SittingFox January 10, 2013 at 8:01 pm #

    Maybe the 'no fishing' sign is there because there actually no fish within a meter or so of the sign? :whistle:

  6. serola January 11, 2013 at 6:01 am #

    Originally posted by SittingFox:

    Maybe the 'no fishing' sign is there because there actually no fish within a meter or so of the sign?

    :yes: of course 💡

  7. Words January 14, 2013 at 11:01 pm #

    dW, :cheers:

  8. Words January 14, 2013 at 11:01 pm #

    Darko, it does seem that way. It's not quite true but they are probably the most entertaining of the local water birds.

  9. Words January 15, 2013 at 12:01 am #

    Adele, or it's a cunning lure to lull the fish into a false sense of security. :right:

  10. Words January 15, 2013 at 12:01 am #

    Sami, I try to keep it a little varied, but believe me I have a lot of shots that are more or less indistinguishable from each other.

  11. Words January 15, 2013 at 12:01 am #

    Felix, they're iconoclasts to their last tail feather 😉