How to lose nest building material

[DanielD]

Instead of heading directly to the nest this cormorant did a little showing off with his new aquired branch - thereby attracting a rival...

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After some back and forth the branch eventually broke into two pieces, leaving the poor cormorant with the shorter end:

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Thanks for looking.

 

[Gale]

Ohhhh my
The story of the short end of the stick...lolol
Great pics
Thanks

 

[tech1961]

Great series

 

[GonzoBernelli]

Hmm, A braggard and his just reward. Great story and photographs to document it!

 

[Baxter]

Hilarious Daniel. I believe that's called snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!

 

[Phil K]

Very nice series, Daniel.

 

[alexf]

Serves him right for bragging. Nice series.

 

[Glacier]

Great behavior series! I guess it's true that nobody likes a showoff even in the bird world.

 

[Toby D]

Now that's the kind of series we live for. Well done on a great moment!

 

[midi]

Great series, I'm laughing at Gale's 'short end of the stick'

 

[DanielD]

Thanks all.
Guess there's some meaning of 'short end of the stick' that I don't know. :redface: