great cormorants; silhouettes & orchestrated nest building
Silhouettes of the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, against a murky sky on a misty September morning at the Periyar National Park, Thekkady.
Each bird seems to be in its own mood… and as you watch them, the mood slowly grows into you… Click on the images to see a larger version and get close to each bird!
Orchestrated nest building… the cormorant parents seem to be moving as in an orchestra, holding the long twig with their beaks. Both male and female actively participate in the nest building process.
Do you know that, in Japan, these cormorants have been traditionally trained to catch fish? The tradition is known as ukai. The necks of the cormorants are tied to the boats, tight enough to prevent swallowing. The fishes are later retrieved by the fishermen.
Location of the Periyar National Park, Thekkady:
Periyar National Park, Thekkady [maxlat=9.65;minlat=9.20;maxlon=77.30;minlon=76.60;maptype=G_MAP_TYPE;overviewmapcontrol=show;zoom=9]
I have not been following you guys for some time. But saw Roxy’s new pics on Orkut and thought of touching base. Nice to see that you guys are together. BTW I have started following you on Google Reader. So I should be knowing what you are upto provided you keep this blog updated.
dey anoop, great to see you here. we are having a great time here in italy. so if you see our photos in orkut, that means we have little time to blog out and vice versa.. 😀
but sure, we have a lot of content waiting to get uploaded,,
will be updating more frequently.
Hey Marlin, since you always fantasised to be a bird, let me dedicate the song “I’m like a bird” by Nelly Furtado to you…just happens to be the song that came to my mind when I read you. 🙂
Binoy! Welcome to our page and thank you for your appreciation on my sweetheart’s 😉 work here.
hello Roxy!…I am very new visitor to your website…well, my sweetheart* probed me into visiting…although she’s such a big critic, but she’s all praises about the work done here…i totally second her….great work, keep it up!
(sweetheart* – MARLIN)
have been hearing abt you and seeing you from marlin and her photos and now you are here! hope you both are keeping happy 🙂
ahaa….thanks!….thats a complement or should i say ‘a dream come true’…coz i have always fantasized to be a bird…:D
you mean, something like a jonathan livingston seagull 😉
marlin kunje, if you watch closely, one of the birds looks just like you.. 😀
hey Roxy…the pics are stunning…indeed a symphony!
the feeling and mood in the pic kinda sinks in…just wondering what these birds are pondering on…:)