{"id":16205,"date":"2022-11-10T05:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2022-11-10T05:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:26:02","slug":"long-tailed-cormorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16205","title":{"rendered":"Long-tailed Cormorant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=16204\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?fit=2000%2C1687&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1687\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661071385&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc08268\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?fit=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?fit=904%2C763&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=904%2C763&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-16204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=1024%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=1536%2C1296&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?resize=904%2C763&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08268.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Long-tailed Cormorant: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 \u2014 A Long-tailed Cormorant showing off its tail on the same island of reeds in the Kazinga Channel where we saw the Goliath Heron. Cormorants somehow are never graceful or elegant, no matter how they pose. Handsome, maybe, but even that might be a stretch. It is, perhaps, something about their eternally stern expression. Okay, enough with anthropomorphizing! Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. 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