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Little Cormorant [Microcarbo niger]

Flora & Fauna

The Little Cormorant is essentially a water bird. Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley write about the feeding habits of the bird: “In the feverish jostling during the communal hunts, in which densely packed rabbles participate, the birds often leap-frog over their fellows in their eagerness to plunge after a shoal of fish-manoeuvres reminiscent of starlings at a swarm of grasshopper nymphs.” The authors explain: “When not on water, usually seen perched upright on trees, stakes, or rocks, sunning themselves, wings and tail spread open.”

Collection:
Nature Collection
Photograph ID:
001/0387/0007
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Kumaran and Ramila Sathasivam are keen naturalists and photographers. Their photographs have appeared in a number of publications, including Blackbuck, the journal of the Madras Naturalists&#39; Society. Kumaran Sathasivam is a 1980s&#39; IIT Madras alumnus. His book A Forest in the City is about his natural history experiences during his student days.

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