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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… 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."

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.