At the risk of being boring… a cormorant on a pond

By Paul Cecil | Published August 11, 2011

This is getting a little silly, but our local (juvenile) cormorant was still at the pond today. The weather was dull and overcast, with a touch of drizzle and cooling wind. These aren't ideal conditions, and it's now becoming something of a challenge to find new angles on the running theme. Nevertheless, given that I photographed nothing else today, cormorants is what it is.

These first few shots were taken this morning in what proved to be the best light of the day. The cormorant was emerging from the pond as I drew up. It favours this sandy/grassy bank in the mornings when it's quiet.

I was back at the pond at lunchtime. The skies had darkened and there was a light drizzle. It took a while to find the cormorant, but eventually I located him (?) on some wooden piles at the edge of the small island.


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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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14 Comments

  1. KayFour August 12, 2011 at 11:08 am #

    Not boring at all. What a handsome fellow.

  2. anonymous August 12, 2011 at 1:08 pm #

    Anonymous writes:

    Ditto.

    I love your cormorant shots!

    Marilyn

  3. Dudley August 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm #

    :up:

  4. Words August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Erwin, thanks!

  5. Words August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Karen, he's a real star… and still there today.

  6. Words August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Cynthia, thanks!

  7. Cynthia23 August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    :up:

  8. Words August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Marilyn, thanks. I'm enjoying taking them 🙂

  9. Words August 12, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Andy, thanks!

  10. anonymous August 13, 2011 at 6:08 pm #

    Gaina writes:

    Scruffy little tykes, I love them 😀 There were quite a few at Shapwick corner, one my local reserves this week.

  11. SittingFox August 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm #

    I spy a gull in its winter clothes…

  12. Words August 14, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Adele, it says something about our climate that mid August the gulls are already eschewing summer garb!

  13. Words August 14, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Gaina, I completely agree. I usually see far more of them down at the coast (or on rare visits to London, but this lone youngster is providing the best photographic opportunities of any of them.

  14. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    :up: