Cooperative Nest Building

by Dawn Currie

Title

Cooperative Nest Building

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic art by Dawn Currie - Close-up of Double-crested Cormorant pair working together to reinforce the nest the wild bird rookery above the gator breading swamp at Gatorland (Orlando Florida).

Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- 2017 Coachella International Exhibition of Photography

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From a distance, Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) are dark birds with snaky necks, but up-close they're quite colorful - with orange-yellow skin on their face and throat, striking aquamarine eyes that sparkle like jewels, and a mouth that is bright blue on the inside. The double-crest of the Double-crested Cormorant is only visible on adults during breeding season.

Double-crested Cormorant nests often are exposed to direct sun. Adults shade the chicks and also bring them water, pouring it from their mouths into those of the chicks.

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April 28th, 2016

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