Cormorants tend to swim and perch far offshore. I would have liked to have been closer to the bird but it did pose rather nicely all the same.
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March 6, 2026 at 8:29 am
Nice shot.
We have quite a few Greater Cormorants in all corners of the south of France throughout the year. Most keep their distance but there are a few parks offer them perching spots closer to shore – and well placed hides from where to observe them.
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March 6, 2026 at 10:43 am
Thank you. I hope to get some at a closer distance this year.
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February 24, 2026 at 10:41 am
Great shot, he looks content! Seems they love those kind of perches around me too. 😊
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February 24, 2026 at 5:54 pm
Thank you, Donna 😊
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February 24, 2026 at 6:26 am
That’s a nice sighting. I love its perch.
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February 24, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Thank you, Deborah.
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February 25, 2026 at 7:51 am
You’re welcome!
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February 24, 2026 at 3:06 am
Hi Belinda, I agree they always seem to be just out of range. I have been lucky a few times when they are feeding closer to the shore.
Still it’s a nice environmental shot of it.
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February 24, 2026 at 1:18 pm
Thank you, George. The surroundings were nice. I hope to get a chance at a closer look at them this year.
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February 24, 2026 at 12:40 am
We get cormorants here too 🙂
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February 24, 2026 at 1:19 pm
Do they behave the same way as the ones here?
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February 25, 2026 at 1:18 am
Yes, they do 🙂
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February 23, 2026 at 11:50 pm
That’s a lovely photo. I see Cormorants my way. One place it’s further out where a rock is for it to perch, always with its wings stretched out and my view there is only from the back.
Another place where they don’t usually attend and if you see them not many, was an ocassion where there were unusually many. So, caught mine and another person’s attention. It was also an opportunity to see them closer for the first time, in detail. It was then, at that point when I asked that birdwatcher what the bird was and learnt they were Cormorants.
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February 24, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Thank you! Nice to have the opportunity to see them close up.
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February 23, 2026 at 9:41 pm
That’s a great capture, Belinda. They are difficult to get!
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February 24, 2026 at 1:08 pm
Thank you, Lynette! Perhaps with a longer lens…
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February 23, 2026 at 6:42 pm
It’s safer out there, except from the air.
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February 23, 2026 at 3:45 pm
I’m always surprised to see one inland, I always think of them as a shore bird.
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February 23, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I usually seem them like this, just a bit out of range 😏
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