Now Streaming On The Nature Channel

A pair of Cormorants are perched on small turf islands in a pond shared by multiple types of wildlife at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena, Maryland. ... more

by Brian Wallace

Title

Now Streaming On The Nature Channel

Artist

Brian Wallace

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

A pair of Cormorants are perched on small turf islands in a pond shared by multiple types of wildlife at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena, Maryland. One Cormorant decides to go to the bathroom exactly at the time I snapped the shutter while all the Canada geese swim away. This isn't the first time this has happened while I've photographed a Cormorant.

Maybe not normally a scene to be particularly proud of posting, except perhaps for the uncanny timing coincidence, humorous aspect to the photo and the opportunity for an amusing title which I call, "Now Streaming On The Nature Channel". This could make an amusing "card" for the right occasion.

Image capture 11-18-16 and processed 1-7-21.

Cormorant Description:
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently and the number of genera is disputed. Wikipedia

Family: Phalacrocoracidae; Reichenbach, 1850
Wingspan: Kerguelen shag: 3.6 ft.
Scientific name: Phalacrocoracidae
Order: Gannets
Mass: Flightless cormorant: 5.5 – 11 lbs, Imperial shag: 4 – 7.7 lbs
Length: Flightless cormorant: 2.9 – 3.3 ft., Imperial shag: 2.3 – 2.6 ft., Kerguelen shag: 2.1 ft.

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January 7th, 2021