Brant’s Cormorant Display

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One of the attractions of La Jolla for the birder (in addition to the Pelicans and various pelagics passing offshore) is the nesting Brant’s Cormorants. When I was there two weeks ago, the Brant’s were in full breeding plumage and the males were displaying. Like this gentleman.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. Shutter preferred. ISO 1600 @ 1/1000th @ f6.7. Processed in Snapseed and Photo Editor by dev.macgyver on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.

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