Esther's photos with the keyword: Cormorant

"Double-crested Cormorants are colonial waterbirds that seek aquatic bodies big enough to support their mostly fish diet. However, they may roost and form breeding colonies on smaller lagoons or ponds, and then fly up to 40 miles to a feeding area. In addition to fishing waters, cormorants need perching areas for the considerable amount of time they spend resting each day. After fishing, cormorants retire to high, airy perches to dry off and digest their meals—rocks, wires, tops of dead trees, ship masts. They tend to form breeding colonies in clusters of trees in or near water. After a while, masses of cormorant guano may kill these trees and the trees may topple, at which point the cormorants may switch to nesting on the ground." www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Double-crested_Cormorant/lifehistory AIMG 4119

Neotropic Cormorant - Carara National Park, Costa Rica AIMG_0544

Neotropic cormorant at Monterey del Mar, Costa Rica. Their diet consists primarily of small fish which they hunt by diving from the surface of the water and paddling with their feet. Their feathers are not waterproof so they often can be seen on the surface with their wings outstretched to dry. AIMG_0346