Nature is so clever. I'm really loving these posts, Maja. Informative and fascinating. I love learning the reason behind the bird behavior I've observed.
They are fascinating birds. We have them here as well and I see them regularly with the anhingas fishing in the water. The anhinga is called the “snake-bird” but I think that works for the cormorant as well.
This is fascinating, Maja and I did not know this about their feathers or their high success rate at capturing prey. I do like seeing cormorants sunning themselves like that - such an impressive sight. Thanks for sharing.
Fascinating! Thankyou. 🙂
Thanks for reading, Hayley, and I’m glad you liked it!
What fascinating adaptations! Thank you so much for sharing this, Maja—you’re such a skilled science communicator.
Thank you, Kelly. Your comment made my day!
Nature is so clever. I'm really loving these posts, Maja. Informative and fascinating. I love learning the reason behind the bird behavior I've observed.
They are fascinating birds. We have them here as well and I see them regularly with the anhingas fishing in the water. The anhinga is called the “snake-bird” but I think that works for the cormorant as well.
I totally agree! Cormorants even remind me of dragons somehow. I don't know why, but they have reptile vibes!
I mean, birds are dinosaurs after all so I can see why you’d say that 😁
well, they are quite closely related so that makes sense! anhingas look like a super streched out cormorant lol
Yes, they are. Cormorants are the more “stocky” version of anhingas 😁
Fascinating! I love the dead cormorant in a barrel experiment - clever :-)
Yes, clever indeed! I like sharing such interesting details of the researchers' methods. Sometimes they get really creative!
This is fascinating, Maja and I did not know this about their feathers or their high success rate at capturing prey. I do like seeing cormorants sunning themselves like that - such an impressive sight. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Neil!