{"id":19373,"date":"2013-12-18T23:31:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T23:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=19373"},"modified":"2013-12-18T23:31:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T23:31:39","slug":"cormorants-at-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/cormorants-at-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Cormorants at the Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a much brighter start to the day this morning (though the payback is torrential rain this evening). The cormorants (yes, plural) were out on Falmer Pond. The unanswered question is whether they are a breeding pair.<\/p>\n

\"Pair<\/a><\/p>\n

The sun just about made it above the hills before it was time for me to head in to work.<\/p>\n

\"Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n

I was back at the pond at lunchtime. One of the cormorants was keeping close to the island, but the second was near the shore and took up its usual lookout on the No Fishing sign. I am slowly coming to the realization that it can read and does understand what the sign says. This is the place to stand when you are not<\/strong> fishing. Seems logical to me.<\/p>\n

\"Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a much brighter start to the day this morning (though the payback is torrential rain this evening). The cormorants (yes, plural) were out on Falmer Pond. The unanswered question is whether they are a breeding pair. The sun just about made it above the hills before it was time for me to head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[449],"class_list":["post-19373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-cormorant","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t