Again, I couldn’t quite see what was happening at the time. I saw the cormorant bursting out of the water and carrying something in its beak. Had I witnessed the end of a successful hunt?
At home on the larger screen it became clear: I had caught a male cormorant collecting nesting material, which he brings to his mate who in turn builds the nest. In other words: She demands, he supplies.
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Do they both collect materials? Some birds do both, collect and build.
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I’m not an expert but a quick research on the internet suggests that he collects and she builds.
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I am not good at cormorant gender, so that in itself impresses me.
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Oh, I only inferred from the job description.
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Very cool shot, too!
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Thank you. Luck is with the stupid, as we say in German.
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Great photo Elke 🙂
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Thank you, Brian.
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