Digesting the huge meal

Last week’s Pied Cormorant was swallowing an over-sized fish which stayed ‘visible’ in its gullet while the bird dried its wings, fidgeted and finally hunkered down to digest its Christmas meal.

 

Pied Cormorant Canon 5DIII, 1/1250, f/8.0, ISO 400

 

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