Bird of the Week – Red-faced Cormorant
Alaska is the only place in North America where you can find the Red-faced Cormorant.
Red-faced Cormorant, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands
Cormorants dive for fish, and nest on cliffs and ledges like the bluffs of St. Paul Island. The body appears black, but actually has a greenish-purplish cast, best seen on cloudy days.
Camera geek stuff: f4, 1/8000 ISO100
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Just had a kewl thought. When the new sinate is seated,maybe Obie will appoint Begich and other retired Dems to babysit wingnuts and be called baby sitter protems. At twice the sinate majority liars pay,one baby sitter gets about 7 or 8 babies to nurture and make sit in the corner when they throw fits.
No Frigate birds in Alaska? Not surprising. We’ve got them here in spades. Or perhaps flocks though I don’t think they flock.
Elegant they are, their black sillouettes against the blue sky, soaring with impassive ease.
What might we learn from watching them?
Cant’t afford the time to watch then,my friend. We get minor distractions and wingnuts will steal our false teeth for the koch bros because the lads are too poor to pay taxes or buy their own false teeth. 🙂
WC has photos of frigatebirds, but the ‘Flats prefers pictures of Alaska birds.
What we might learn from Frigatebirds is their foraging habits: their kleptoparasitic feeding behavior. They forage by stealing food from other birds.
Oh, wait. We already do that.
/WC
Whitey Wingnut scares me enough to make me puke.
Thank your wc– I read the vocalization is a collection of hisses, croaks and groans.
No red-faced,weasel-eyed wingnut cowardly voter skunk chickens?
No,I ain’t over it yet!
Amazing shot. Thanks, WC.