An Unruly Moustache

Cormorants are sometimes difficult to capture around these parts because there aren't many water bodies nearby. The only water bodies are dirty, shallow streams that are surrounded by plants so you can't really photograph anything that is in the water which can be sometimes disappointing.

Don't mind me...I'm just the one with the white moustache.

As I was cycling along this stream this cormorant jumped out of the stream and it looked like it had a weird moustache. Turns out it had caught a rather large fish. I say large because it is relatively rare to find a fish of this size in water bodies here.

Anyway it went on to thrash the fish in the air and finally swallowed it whole before jumping back into the stream and completely immersing itself in the water.

I hope it had a nice feast that day and I hope you eat well today and have a great day as well :)

Tomorrow's post might come a little late because I have an exam in the evening but I will put it up so stay tuned.
I'm also working on a tutorial where I will show you how I created my "Flypaper" picture. If you haven't seen that picture yet then scroll down to the "Blog Archive" widget towards the left of this blog and you'll find a post title "Flypaper". Check that out.

In case you missed it, I've added a new page to this blog called "Personal Favourites". You might want to visit that page as well.

A Mouthfull

When you live in a place where there are tons of cows you are bound to see egrets among them. These bird follow the cows and eat insects off of the cow's. Its a symbiotic relationship where both (the cows and the birds) benefit - the birds get to eat while the cows get rid of irritating parasites.

I've only ever seen these birds eating insects or worms from the fields or the cows so I was quite surprised when I noticed this particular egret with a frog in its mouth.

These birds are really shy and fly off as soon as they notice a human coming towards them. Thankfully this little birdie was too busy with the frog that it didn't bother when I stopped to take a few pictures.

It kept shaking the frog and I began to wonder how it would fit such a large amphibian down its throat. After about 2 minutes of shaking its head it promptly went on to swallow it with ease.

After that it noticed me and flew off. Always the shy one :D

Btw if you have any suggestions whereby I can make my blog better and my posts more fun to read and follow do let me know and I'll do my best :)

Until tomorrow!