Crying Cormorant

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted February 18, 2012272 views6 comments

Sony a700, 70-400 G series f3.5 zoom, tripod and ball head. Shooting this cormorant I noticed the mono fishing line stuck to his right wing and to the limb. He/she was crying for help and tried time and time again to fly off. I called animal control and they came out and rescued the happy creature from its trap.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on February 19, 2012 at 8:57 AM

Glad there was a happy ending.
Fishing line is a problem with these guys

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Nice shot. Thanks for calling in the rescue!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on February 20, 2012 at 8:35 PM

So glad they were able to help the cormorant, it's really too bad people couldn't be a little more responsible with their lines.

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Comment posted by Hank Pennington on February 21, 2012 at 12:24 AM

Mono line is a terrible problem both in and on the water. Our family does an annual fall cleanup of the waterways and shorelines around us each fall after the rush of people have migrated south, and we pick up startling quantities of the stuff. Too bad the cormorant is backlit and concealing the mono on the wing, but that on the branch is supplemented by the backlighting, so it's a tossup.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM

You can view the mono hanging down from the wing by looking between the legs and below the part of the limb he/she is perched. I wondered how long the fellow was stuck there. God's creatures are amazing.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 21, 2012 at 10:35 AM

I am so glad the poor thing got rescued! You pulled off the backlighting well, still preserving details in the dark! Nice composition & great story!

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