Bulgaria
Greece
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
(L 28-40" WS 48-63"
Wt 5.7-8.2 lbs)
Wt 5.7-8.2 lbs)
Wide variation in size with its wide distribution
...males average 8.1 lbs and and females 6.5
lbs in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
...males average 8.1 lbs and and females 6.5
lbs in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Lake Kerkini
Greece
18May2015
The cormorants
hang their feathers out to dry -
black velvet rags showing threadbare
in the wind.
Like old women living in the past,
they tend their tattered finery
with talon fingers
and black remembering eyes.
(Rita Summers)
Phalocrocorax is Latin for
cormorant; carbo is Latin
for charcoal.
cormorant; carbo is Latin
for charcoal.
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