Microcarbo melanoleucos

12 Little Pied Cormorant at Gungahlin, ACT

Microcarbo melanoleucos at Gungahlin, ACT - 24 Sep 2022
Microcarbo melanoleucos at Gungahlin, ACT - 24 Sep 2022
Microcarbo melanoleucos at Gungahlin, ACT - 24 Sep 2022
Microcarbo melanoleucos at Gungahlin, ACT - 24 Sep 2022
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Microcarbo melanoleucos 24 Sep 2022 Liam.m
Phalacrocorax varius 24 Sep 2022 pjpiper

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A Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), eating a Yabby (Cherax destructor). They shake the yabby to remove the claws. The cormorant tried to ingest head first, then flipped the yabby around and took it in tail first.

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pjpiper wrote:
   24 Sep 2022
Correct identification is Microcarbo melanoleucos

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