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Cormorant in breeding plumage
Cormorant in breeding plumage, Black Sea, March 2010

Cormorant
Herdlevær, Septemer 2009, DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens (hand held)





Great Cormoranto pi
Great Cormorant, Herdlevær, 13 November 2006
Digiscoped picture using Nikon Coolpix
Great Cormorant
Cormorant struggling to swallow a cod head
DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens. Heggøy, Øygarden, January 2010

sinensis Great Cormorant
Sinensis race of Great Cormorant, apparently a regular passage migrant at Tjeldstø
Digiscoped

Migrating Cormorant, Falsterbo
Migrating sinensis Cormorant, Falsterbo, Septmeber 2007
Picture taken with DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens (hand held)

Cormorant
Skogsøy, April 2008


Great Cormorant are one of the commenest species for much of the year in Øygarden, although they do not breed locally. They can be seen resting feeding and migrating in large numbers.

Great Cormorant at Skogsøy





Great Cormorant
Above and below, Tjeldstø, February 2010
Great Cormorant



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