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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

Pink display: Roseate Spoonbill vs American Flamingo

The photograph below is a Roseate Spoonbill with breeding colors. This Roseate Spoonbill photograph was created while landing on the mudflat. As the bird needs to brake over a short distance, one can admire the pink color of its under wings. Some people might confuse this bird with a Flamingo due to its pink colors,