Great Cormorant at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Phalacrocorax carbo | 17 May 2022 | Liam.m | ||
| Unverified | 16 May 2022 | JimL |
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One of the Cormorant species.
Key photos for a Crap Bird photography competition, but the story behind it is great! Cormorant lands, dives, comes up with large fish. Swallows whole, then its eyes near popped out as it seemingly struggled for breath for what seemed a crazy long period of time. Finally swallowed fish then took some time to sit and process what just happened. Maybe it was indigestion! Was spectacular to watch!!!
Pictures just tell the story when zoomed in.
Sorry, not 100% on these species.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.104078-35.295707
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2019 02:31 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
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Collections
JimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phalacrocorax carbo Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Phalacrocorax carbo Scientific name
- Great Cormorant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 852.3m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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