cormorant - a bird of the family consisting of thirty species.But they all have the appearance of professional anglers: a long thin beak with a hook-shaped end that the bird can be used as a harpoon, and webbed like all waterfowl away of delayed paw.This makes it possible to swim and maneuver quickly as water and underwater.
Habitats
cormorant - a bird that inhabits mainly near the sea.Only a few of them - the people of the freshwater zone, usually the lakes.For this bird it is important that in the reservoirs, which she chose as habitat, there is enough fish, but otherwise Cormorant quite unpretentious.
For greater safety of the birds settle in large colonies.They derive chicks, arranging nests on the eaves of rocks and cliffs, where the noisy neighbors have gulls and guillemots.Only on the banks of freshwater bodies adapt himself to place cormorants nest in the trees, and even directly on the beaches of small islands of the lake.
as hunting cormorants
main object of hunting is small cormorants (weed) fry and freshwater fish - even crayfish and frogs.
Diving, this is not only a fisherman rowing paws, but also help themselves half-opened wings and a hard tail.Incidentally, the water bird can be about two minutes and lowered to a depth of twenty-five meters.
as existing Convivial, bird cormorant, photos of which can be seen in the article, and prefers to hunt collectively.And, mind you, not only with members of their own species, but even pelicans.
principle of such hunting is that birds, fish surrounding the joint, narrow coverage flank and drive it to the shore.The fish, they grab at a time, the sharp end of the beak, and, emerging from the water, deftly tossed it to swallow.
cormorant - a bird that wet specially
However, often these fishermen are so addicted that soak through to the last feather and then dried on the beach, having opened wings, exposing themselves to the sun and decorating him support for networks, large stones,and sometimes even climbing dejectedly standing peaceful pelicans.
It would seem that this error of nature - the cormorant, a bird that much dive, swim and so easy to get wet?It turns out that there is a meaning.Wet tail tightly hugs the body and displaces air, which makes it harder, and accordingly - maneuverability in the water.Experts say that some of cormorants before the hunt for this purpose even swallow stones.
Features cormorant
Cormorant is so named because it is in fact a large bird.This is the most common type on the territory of Russia, where he arrives in the spring, with the first warming (though in the case of cooling may come back).
Unlike their relatives, cormorant monogamous.It creates a mate for life.And nesting always arrives family.
And at home cormorant is quite conservative.For example, it can remain faithful for life branch on a favorite wintering place.Each bird vigilantly guarding against encroachments neighbors his perch.And he returned after a year, all for the night cormorants sit strictly according to the established order.
