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Id | 3451 | ||||||||||||
Family | Cormorants and Shags ~ Skarver ~ Cormoranes (Phalacrocoracidae) | ||||||||||||
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Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Skarv ~ Cormorán Grande ~ Storskarv |
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Vinkelhuse (Tårnby), Denmark
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Date | 2020-07-29 | ||||||||||||
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The cormorant is a common species on Amager. Normally along the coast and in wetlands. Often they also cross from one side to the other, going from Øresund to Køge Bugt or vice versa. Always non-stop flying. Therefore, to discover this bird the other day sitting on the roof top of our apartment building was quite unexpected. Gulls and crows do it frequently - a convenient roosting spot raised above the local park down below. A first for me, I'm sure. It has come back now three days in a row, just sitting there on the edge, and at least stayed last night to roost. This afternoon, 31st, it left in the afternoon toward Øresund, and has not yet returned, 21:15. Young bird, 2cy, with mottled neck and upper belly. A detail to mention is that right below where it is sitting, you find the entrance to the public washing area. Assuming that a large bird like a cormorant, and sitting in that same position for hours, can't do it without eventually having to deliver a package or two. Luckily, for us, there is another entrance that we normally use... Picture 1-2: 2020-07-29 Picture 3-4: 2020-07-30 Picture 5: 2020-07-31 |
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Collection | Vinkelhuse | ||||||||||||
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