Photograph by Marilyn Susek.
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Phalacrocorax carbo -- cormorant, dolomite stone quarry at Stainton, near Tickhill, S. Yorkshire, UK.
10 Comments
Paul Burnett · 21 November 2011
Correction, Matt: It's Phalacrocorax - Family is Phalacrocoracidae.
We have Brandt's Cormorants and Double-Crested Cormorants where I live in California. It's interesting to see a flock of them herding fish in a shallow lake next to my office in San Jose, and roosting overnight in the Sycamore trees around the lake.
Henry J · 21 November 2011
So, are they employed at that quarry, or are they trespassing? ;)
Matt Young · 21 November 2011
Fixed, thanks!
Kevin B · 22 November 2011
Henry J said:
So, are they employed at that quarry, or are they trespassing? ;)
They're either looking for paper bags or guarding them against the bears with buns....
Incidentally, does "Phalacrocorax" have any connection with "Crocoduck"?
Marilyn · 22 November 2011
This brings back memories of a lovely sunny day in July this year. The pair were visiting, just bellow the cliff, from memory about 30 feet there is a lagoon, they stop about 3 or 4 days then go to their next feeding post it seems they have been more frequent this year than most, the scene is quite prehistoric it’s really lovely, I thought I’d found a link to the Dodo.
Paul Burnett · 22 November 2011
Kevin B said: ...Does "Phalacrocorax" have any connection with "Crocoduck"?
No - "the scientific genus name is latinized Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven")." - Wikipedia
wolstenholme · 24 November 2011
I'm sorry, I cannot resist.
They stand out like a couple of shags on a rock.
From the fact that no one else has noticed this, I can only assume this expression is uniquely Australian.
Paul Burnett · 25 November 2011
wolstenholme said:
I'm sorry, I cannot resist.
They stand out like a couple of shags on a rock.
From the fact that no one else has noticed this, I can only assume this expression is uniquely Australian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant says both "cormorant" and "shag" come from Great Britain.
wolstenholme · 26 November 2011
Paul Burnett said:
wolstenholme said:
I'm sorry, I cannot resist.
They stand out like a couple of shags on a rock.
From the fact that no one else has noticed this, I can only assume this expression is uniquely Australian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant says both "cormorant" and "shag" come from Great Britain.
Trust me, we've got lots of creatures in Australia with the same name as something in Britain! Aussie shags and cormorants are amongst the few that are actually related to their namesakes.
Marilyn · 26 November 2011
There is a subspecies found in Australasian waters, the Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae.
10 Comments
Paul Burnett · 21 November 2011
Correction, Matt: It's Phalacrocorax - Family is Phalacrocoracidae.
We have Brandt's Cormorants and Double-Crested Cormorants where I live in California. It's interesting to see a flock of them herding fish in a shallow lake next to my office in San Jose, and roosting overnight in the Sycamore trees around the lake.
Henry J · 21 November 2011
So, are they employed at that quarry, or are they trespassing? ;)
Matt Young · 21 November 2011
Fixed, thanks!
Kevin B · 22 November 2011
Marilyn · 22 November 2011
This brings back memories of a lovely sunny day in July this year. The pair were visiting, just bellow the cliff, from memory about 30 feet there is a lagoon, they stop about 3 or 4 days then go to their next feeding post it seems they have been more frequent this year than most, the scene is quite prehistoric it’s really lovely, I thought I’d found a link to the Dodo.
Paul Burnett · 22 November 2011
wolstenholme · 24 November 2011
I'm sorry, I cannot resist.
They stand out like a couple of shags on a rock.
From the fact that no one else has noticed this, I can only assume this expression is uniquely Australian.
Paul Burnett · 25 November 2011
wolstenholme · 26 November 2011
Marilyn · 26 November 2011
There is a subspecies found in Australasian waters, the Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalacrocorax_carbo