Blank, David
Identification
Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
Date Taken
21 January 2007
Location
Er-Hai Lake, Dali City region, Yunnan Province, China
Caption
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). This bird is being used by fishing people to capture fish. Notice the constriction near the base of the neck that prevents the bird from swallowing the fish.
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Behaviors
- Feeding Behaviors :: Capturing/Manipulating Prey
- Anatomy
- Breeding
Contributors
David Blank (photographer; copyright holder; identification)
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Photo by David Blank. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.