Is this a cormorant?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Zed, Mar 30, 2025.

  1. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    It doesn't look very happy, but maybe just drying off.
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  2. Usually spread their wings to dry off. Maybe he was resting.
     
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  4. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Slightly spread, that's why I wondered if it was ok. It was still there an hour later when it was getting dark. Too dark to see now.
     
  5. Little Nellie

    Little Nellie Supporter

    Yep :thumbsup:, they often do that to warm and dry off. They’re not very cheery birds :(
     
  6. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    it looks a bit like a cormorant but they usually spread their wings wider, like a Dracula, to dry off. Maybe it was too cold to do that?
     
  7. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    we had 3 herons in the tree last week :)
     
  8. Like a shag but bigger.
     
  9. bet you say that to all the ladies ;)
     
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  10. Poke it with a stick.
     
  11. Chrisd

    Chrisd Supporter

    I bet that's what you say to the ladies ;)
     
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  12. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    If you look at the base of it's tail, I wonder if a pike bit it, there are some big fish in the Marina.
     
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  13. art b

    art b Timewarp Champion

    You have been busy... :eek:


    Are they all..
    around wheelie bin height.. :thinking:
     
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  14. Bats in the belfry, more like...
     
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  15. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    It does look like it has lost half of it's tail.
    We get several Cormorants on the lake down the road, must be a good supply of fish here, though no Pike.

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  16. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    It's still there, something is not right.
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  17. That does look really sorry for itself
     
  18. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    It's making half hearted attempt to tidy it's feathers but mostly just standing there. I see plenty of ducks and coots on the jetty but never a cormorant before this one. I'll see what my twitcher neighbour thinks when I see him.
     
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  19. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Hopefully it hasn't swallowed a fish hook, there are always anglers on the canal.
     
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  20. Razzyh

    Razzyh Supporter

    Can you throw it a fish, see if it eats it?
     

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