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Fishing Out
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Copyright: Subhayan Mandal (shabsslg) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 78] (572)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-H2, Carl-Zeiss Vario-Tesser 12X Optical Zoom
Exposure: f/4, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bandhavgarh [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-21 2:35
Viewed: 280
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a little cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger

sitting on a dear tree frond to watch out for fish inside Bandhavgarh national park.

The Little Cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in tropical south Asia from southern Pakistan through India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is resident but undertakes some limited seasonal movements.

Originally described by French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1817, this is a common and widespread bird species. It breeds in freshwater wetlands and on coasts. 3-5 eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or long grass.

This is a small cormorant, 55 cm in length. Its rectangular head profile and short bill are distinctions from the somewhat larger Indian Cormorant. Little Cormorant is mainly glossy black in the breeding season, with white head plumes and a whitish throat. The wing coverts are silvery, and it has a longish tail.

The sexes are similar, but non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner and lack the head plumes.

The Little Cormorant can dive to considerable depths, but usually feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. A wide variety of fish are taken.
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  • fthsm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 135 W: 50 N: 369] (2214)
  • [2008-06-21 5:02]

I love these cute birds. Beautiful capture with neat bg and sharp model. TFS.

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2307 W: 59 N: 3688] (11816)
  • [2008-06-22 9:50]

Hi Subhayan,
Nice POV, pose and background. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

Hi Subhayan,

Very good capture of Little Cormorant. Great composition and sharp details, good BG and nice colours.

TFS

Pekka

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