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Photographer:Species: If knownLocation: Camera:Story behind the shot
Photographer:
Don Bennett
Species:
Verdin
Location: Prime Desert Woodlands Preserve
Photographer: Carol Collins
Species:
Eurasian Collared Dove
Location: New Zealand Bird Park
Photographer:
Carol Collins
Species:
Mourning Dove
Location:
Butterbredt Spring
Photographer:
Don Bennett
Species:
Costa's Hummingbird
Location: Prime Desert Woodlands Preserve
Photographer:
Don Bennett
Species:
Great Horned Owl and Common Raven
Location: Prime Desert Woodlands Preserve
Category: Professional
Species: Double-crested Cormorant
Location: Los Islotes, Mexico
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II with Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX AF Fisheye lens; 1/640 second at f/6.3; ISO 320
Story Behind the Shot: I’ve spent many hours underwater at this California sea lion rookery in the Bay of La Paz, but I had never before encountered diving cormorants there. Shifting my focus from the playful sea lions, I watched in awe as the cormorants plunged beak-first into the sea to snap at the sardines swimming by. Although I spent a long time admiring these birds, I didn’t see a single one catch a fish. Adding insult to injury, curious sea lion pups would zip by the hunting birds and nip at them from behind.
Bird Lore: Cormorants are superb divers, well adapted to rapid pursuit of fish underwater. Their bodies are heavy but streamlined, with dense plumage. When they dive, they hold their wings tightly to their sides, propelling themselves with their powerful legs and webbed feet, steering through the water with their tails. Some cormorants may be capable of diving more than 300 feet below the surface, but most of their hunting is done at shallower depths.
