… see the cormorant's yawn - it was so wide, it seemed less like a stretch & more like it was performing an interpretive dance titled, "The Inevitable Arrival of Lunch."

The pied cormorant (phalacrocorax varius).

Meet “Oreo” the pied cormorant, the bird that clearly misunderstood the dress code for 'hanging out by the water'- permanently in a rather smart black-and-white suit, & always in a rather dignified pose.

A stylized bird sitting inside a circular camera shutter design with green leaves attached.

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A cormorant is perched on a wooden railing outdoors.
A close-up of a cormorant on the edge of a wooden surface, with its beak open and looking to the right.
A cormorant is perched on a wooden railing outdoors.
A cormorant, perched on a wooden surface with its beak open and head turned to the side.
A bird swimming in water with hanging reeds in the background.
A bird with black and white plumage perched on a branch with wings partially spread against a blue sky.
A cormorant with outstretched wings perched on a branch against a clear sky.
Two pied cormorants perched on a branch over water
A Pied Kingfisher bird perched on a tree branch, opening its beak wide against a pale blue sky background.
A cormorant with white and black plumage perched on a branch against a blurred background.
Cormorant perched on a bare tree branch with a blurred water background.
A bird with a black head and white body perched on a fallen log in a calm body of water, with reeds and grass at the water's edge in the background.
A cormorant bird perched on a branch with blurred water in the background.
River scene with rocks, trees, and two birds on a branch over water
A bird perched on a tree branch surrounded by leaves and blurred background.
A bird standing on a log over water, with a reflection of the bird visible in the water.
A bird with black, yellow, and white feathers perched on a thin branch among green leaves.