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Scottes
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 05:42
The cormorants were certainly not as successful as the Osprey, but they got some fish.

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/Cormorant_56572.jpg
PacAce
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 05:52
Wow! Cool. I got a lot of pictures of the the cormorants just sun bathing on the surface of the water and just plain looking boring but this one of yours is really great. A cormorant in action, running like heck to keep others, especially the sea gulls, from stealing his catch. Nice shot, Scott! :)
ssim
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 05:54
Neat shot Scott. They did certainly offer some entertainment between the ospreys.
Scottes
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 06:35
Another Cormorant. This one came out pretty decent.

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/Cormorant_55964.jpg
tupe
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 06:40
Great action shot, Scott. Interesting creatures.
cfcRebel
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 10:05
#1 The walks on water is amazing!
cmM
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 10:07
great capture Scott
PhotosGuy
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 11:37
Nice shot! Almost anyone else & I'd say excellent, but I think I'm a bit GMOSed out right now! ;-)
stoneylonesome
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 18:24
Nice shots Scott, man that first one is great. Once again proves timing is everything. Nice capture :)
GTogs
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 19:36
Excellent Shots! The GMOS must be awesome to see in person!
PhotosGuy
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 19:53
The GMOS must be awesome to see in person! Now I don't know whether to :D or just shut up!?
GTogs, since you didn't put a ;) after your post, GMOS is the acronym the guys came up with to name their photo treck, OK?
sparker1
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 19:57
Great capture, Scott. Would be even better if you had recorded him swallowing that fish. Doesn't look possible to me, but I assume he did it.
skade
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 20:02
Great capture! Thats a good size fish he got there too!
Scottes
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 22:03
Great capture, Scott. Would be even better if you had recorded him swallowing that fish. Doesn't look possible to me, but I assume he did it.
I have the next 2 or 3 after this, but the others in the burst just weren't worth the effort of post-processing. I was waiting for this one and managed to nail it - the rest were kind of scattered. When one of these guys comes up with a fish the other cormorants and gulls - anywhere from 2 to 30 of them - simply swarm and try to steal the fish. This fish was swallowed long before the burst was done. I figure it takes them between 1/2 and 1 second to swallow it - and this is done when the cormorant is full speed trying to get away from the potential thiefs.