Catch of the Day
by Kaye Menner
Title
Catch of the Day
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Kaye Menner
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Photograph - Photography
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Whilst out boating on the river / lake at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia... in the distance I noticed a large cormorant pop up from under the water with the catch of the day. I thought this was a rather large fish for a bird this size to catch.
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[From Wikipedia]
The bird family Phalacrocoracidae or the cormorants is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.
Cormorants and shags are medium-to-large seabirds. They range in size from the Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), at as little as 45 cm (18 in) and 340 g (12 oz), to the Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), at a maximum size 100 cm (40 in) and 5 kg (11 lb). The recently-extinct Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) was rather larger, at an average size of 6.3 kg (14 lb). The majority, including nearly all Northern Hemisphere species, have mainly dark plumage, but some Southern Hemisphere species are black and white, and a few (e.g. the Spotted Shag of New Zealand) are quite colourful. Many species have areas of coloured skin on the face (the lores and the gular skin) which can be bright blue, orange, red or yellow, typically becoming more brightly coloured in the breeding season. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet have webbing between all four toes, as in their relatives.
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Kaye Menner
Thanks for your comment, Kyle :) Yes the fish was pretty big but afraid I am not sure what kind of fish. Apparently they can swallow rather large live fish whole.. and I would imagine it would wriggle for a while! I was on a moving boat so could not see the final outcome. It did appear to me that the Cormorant was heading to shore perhaps to make a slower meal of his catch.
Kyle Dig
Amazing capture! That looks like a giant fish (do you know what kind?) caught and not too happy to be staring down its captor's throat here! So does the Cormorant really manage to win the battle and gulp that whole thing okay? Does the fish put up a mighty fight, if eaten does the unlucky prey get swallowed wriggling all the way down as well?!
Kaye Menner
Thank you very much, Nadine and Bob for your kind words and for publishing my image in ARTIST NEWS. Much appreciated.
Leif Sohlman
A very fine shot,. It is amasing to see birds eating fish bigger than you think are possible to swallow, but they do.Thanks for your visit o my works
Nadine and Bob Johnston
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