PHALACROCORACIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocorax varius  

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Wannon, VIC (Feb, 2012)

It looked like a cold, uncomfortable spot to me but I suspected, call it a sixth sense if you like, that the Pied Cormorant was quite at home here.

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Breeding plumage

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorants

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorants

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Cormorants and Cousin Little

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Non-breeding Pied Cormorant