The perfect catch

By Words | Published April 8, 2009

I was in one of my favourite haunts for sea birds today… central London!

thamesThe River Thames (click to zoom)

And yes, the cormorants were there. Not in great numbers, but I watched a pair of them diving for fish and eventually caught this sequence.

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

cormorant fishing

That was a total of five seconds from dive to swallow!
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Camera note: all cormorant shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The view of the river was taken with the EF 17-40mm 1:4L USM lens.

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8 Comments

  1. gdare April 9, 2009 at 5:04 am #

    That cormorant must have been very hungry – or this is usual way to lunch for them :left:

    A view to central London is beautiful :up:

  2. Words April 9, 2009 at 11:04 am #

    I think that's their usual way. Lots of diving and an occasional fish :chef:

  3. Flying Red Fox Blog April 9, 2009 at 12:04 pm #

    Wow thats a good catch! :yes:

  4. SittingFox April 9, 2009 at 7:04 pm #

    Great sequence of the cormorant fishing :up:

  5. Ukwildlife April 9, 2009 at 9:04 pm #

    top sequence :up:

  6. Words April 9, 2009 at 9:04 pm #

    Thanks Adele… I was pleased to get the start of the dive, rather than the full arch which is what I generally get.

  7. Words April 9, 2009 at 9:04 pm #

    Thanks Neil!

  8. Words April 9, 2009 at 9:04 pm #

    Thanks Mark! The cormorant thoughts so as well. Much easier than an eel 😉