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Water splashes and yawns

One of the aspect of wildlife photography I like the most is to be able to capture wild animals displaying their natural behavior in a relaxed environment. Thanks to a long lens, disturbance is minimal and animals are quite at ease. This allows for the creation of stunning behavioral moments. I can think of a

Flightless Cormorant’s courtship

June 12, 2013Steven BlandinBird, Breeding behavior, Endangered species, Galapagos, Uncategorizedbehavior, bird, canon, cormorant, Ecuador, endangered species, fernandina, flightless, flightless cormorant, galapagos, Galapagos Islands, ISO, noise, photography, photoshop, seabird, swim, swimming, tips, travel, wildlife

The photograph below is a pair of Flightless Cormorant going through their courtship ritual. This pair of Flightless Cormorants is swimming around each other in the cold water current of Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos Islands. What are they doing? Courting each other! 🙂 I was lucky to witness this superb display of chase and