Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die… Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
An A. A. Milne quotation
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Great Cormorant
The Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World and the Atlantic coast of North America.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 30 inches Wingspan: 60 inches
• Sexes similar
• Large, dark waterbird with a long, hooked bill and long tail
• Long, thin neck
• Gular area pointed and yellow
• White chin patch
• Often perches with wings spread to dry them
Adult:
• Entirely black plumage
• White flank patch in breeding season
• Second-year bird like adult but browner
Immature:
• Pale belly with dark chest, neck and flanks
• Brownish back and upperwings
Similar species:
Loons are similar on the water, but lack hooked bills. Most loons hold their bills level while swimming while cormorants hold theirs angled upwards.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die… Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
By A. A. Milne
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