#birdwatching along the coast this morning: #Shags settling into their nesting colony at Dunbar Harbour; large numbers of passerines at Barns Ness, including: #Skylark, #ReedBunting & #SongThrush #EastLothian

Dark bird with long bill and neck, iridescent blue plumage and bright blue iris perched on a rock overlooking a blue ocean

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds — any bird that lives in or gets it food from water. The Alt theme is #Blue — any bird with Blue on it. Here's a twofer.

Brandt's Cormorant, California 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Cormorants #Shags #California

Imperial shag coming in to land on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #birds #coastalbirds #sealionisland #southatlantic #falklandislands #falklandsconservation #flight #imperialshag #shags #cormorants

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Cormorant by The Water

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#Cormorant #Shags #birds #Waterbirds #norie #KempenfeltBay #ShonnaHawkinsPhotography #WallArt #WallDecor #HomeDecor #ToteBags #Canvas #Metal #AcrylicArt #GiftIdeas #BuyIntoArt #Prints #AYearForArt

“ … the cormorants
Slip their long black bodies under the water and hunt like wolves
Through the green half-light. Screaming, the gulls watch,
Wild with envy and malice, cursing and snatching.”
Robinson Jeffers (1924)
#photography #cormorants #shags #BirdPhotography #poetry #Jeffers #PotD #sea

Fighting shags on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands off Seahouses, Northumberland #birds #shags #cormorants #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #rspb #coastalbirds

Imperial shags on Saunders Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #saundersisland #islands #islandbiogeography

Imperial shags fighting over nest material on New Island in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #newisland #islands #islandbiogeography

Fighting shags on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands, Northumberland #birds #shags #cormorants #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #rspb #coastalbirds

Incoming imperial shag on New Island in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #newisland #islands #islandbiogeography

A pair of shags on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland UK #birds #shags #cormorants #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #coastalbirds #nationaltrust #northumberland #RSPB

Portrait of an imperial shag on New Island in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #newisland #islands #islandbiogeography

Fighting shags on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands, Northumberland #birds #shags #cormorants #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #rspb #coastalbirds

Incoming imperial shag on New Island in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #newisland #islands #islandbiogeography

Incoming imperial shag on New Island in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #westfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag #newisland #islands #islandbiogeography

Silhouettes of rock shags at Cape Pembroke in the Falkland Islands #shags #cormorants #capepembroke #falklandislands #nature #southatlantic #birds #nature #wildlife #sunset #silhouettes #coastalbirds

Imperial shag passing overhead. Taken on a trip to Motley Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #shags #falklandislands #nature #cormorants #seabirdgroup #eastfalkland #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #imperialshag

Yellow Submarine (Float)
Home to 3 different kinds of cormorants (shags) in our area.
Double-crested, Pelagic, and Brandt's.
#birds 🦉 #BirdSky 🦋 #BlueSkyBirders #cormorants #shags #wildlifephotography 📸

Fighting shags on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands, Northumberland #birds #shags #cormorants #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust

Julia uses a magnifying glass to examine two shags tapping beaks. Another image of her is surprised to see two cormorants facing in the same direction. Text: I looked up cormorants and shags on Wikipedia. Seems the only difference is cormorants lack crests and the crested birds just want to shag. Text: I looked up cormorants and shags on Wikipedia. Seems the only difference is cormorants lack crests and the crested birds just want to shag.

I looked up #cormorants and #shags on Wikipedia.

Seems the only difference is cormorants lack crests and the crested birds just want to shag.

Artwork of shags perched on abstract rocks created from a photo of the thick weathered paint on an old corrugated fence.

Shags perched on old corrugated metal
[This is a photo of urban decay with wildlife digitally added]

#shags #seabirds #abstractworld #wildlifeart #wildlifeillustration #animalart #art

GPS #biotracking of #shags on Sklinna done for this season. We got 59 of 60 trackers back. GPS & dive loggers help us identify important foraging areas, critical for marine spatial planning. #seabirds #mpa @seapop.bsky.social

It was 1970s horror on TCM all day and the movies are showing up on the app! #TCM #TurnerClassicMovies #Screams #Shags

A comedian uses a magnifying glass to examine two shags tapping beaks. Another comedian is surprised to see two cormorants facing in the same direction. Text: I looked up cormorants and shags on Wikipedia. Seems the only difference is cormorants lack crests and the crested birds just want to shag.

I looked up #cormorants and #shags on Wikipedia.
Seems the only difference is cormorants lack crests and the crested birds just want to shag.

land. #Shags #Lizard #CapePalos #BirdsSeenIn2022 2/7