tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post114544523120581051..comments2023-11-12T21:16:10.098+11:00Comments on Birds in Tasmania: Persecuted CormorantBirdingTashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-1145480276759301052006-04-20T06:57:00.000+10:002006-04-20T06:57:00.000+10:00It does look a bit jaundiced round the gills! I th...It does look a bit jaundiced round the gills! I think as it was with other birds, mostly cormorants, it may have had some sense of security. Generally, on the rocks, Black-faced and Little Pieds are approachable (locally). Had a flock of 20 Sooty Oystercatchers on our rocks, yesterday. Largest flock so far this year.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-1145453180604981892006-04-19T23:26:00.000+10:002006-04-19T23:26:00.000+10:00I usually find most cormorants very wary. I wonde...I usually find most cormorants very wary. I wonder whether this one was ill, to allow you to get so close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-1145452845915507472006-04-19T23:20:00.000+10:002006-04-19T23:20:00.000+10:00I don't think I had ever looked at Great Cormorant...I don't think I had ever looked at Great Cormorants that closely either - or was it just because I never got especially close to them!? The green eye is quite striking also. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't exactly call them attractive birds but they don't deserve the treatment they get.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658037006613808345noreply@blogger.com