{"id":2015,"date":"2011-08-09T22:08:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T21:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2015"},"modified":"2013-11-08T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T20:25:08","slug":"cormorant-at-falmer-photo-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/cormorant-at-falmer-photo-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Cormorant at Falmer (photo special)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There really was only one bird to see at the pond today, even if I couldn&#39;t resist a quick look at the house martin chicks. They&#39;re too cute, the way they peer out of their nest.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/house_martin_chick_0908111079.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>But quickly to the main event. It&#39;s doubtless the same cormorant as yesterday, so it seems to have taken up temporary residence. The feeding is obviously good, and there&#39;s some pleasant shelter on the small island in the centre of the pond.  As you&#39;ll see. The first six shots were taken at various points around the fringe of the pond, each time after an unsuccessful series of dives for fish.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111103.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111107.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111118.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111158.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111181.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111227.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Finally, success&#8230;<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111295.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111296.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And after that meal, it was time to retreat to the island haven to dry off and rest. <br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111388.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111406.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/cormorant_0908111446.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>I don&#39;t know how long the cormorant will stay at the pond. It&#39;s well stocked with fish, but cormorants are extremely voracious feeders so the balance of the pond could be affected. Maybe it&#39;s time for the council to put up another &#39;No Fishing&#39; sign :right: <br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><i>Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[449,768],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-cormorant","tag-house-martin-chick","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}