Punk Rockers Added Another shot on the end...

[Desert Rat]

Bet you thought it would be something different that you were thinking...

Down in Lajolla, CA there is a huge colony of Cormornats. These dudes get a interesting set of breeding plumage...

Here are a few shots of them.

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[greyflash]

Cool shots Eric. The first image does kind of look like a punk rocker.

 

[Jim Strathearn]

LOL! Great shots Eric!

 

[Desert Rat]

Thanks Gordon and Jim.. I will have to head back there again next year wen they start with breeding plumage again...

 

[Flew]

Very cool Eric. Never seen this plumage before. :smile:

 

[mike mac]

Sweet hos cool they look all duded out

 

[Louis Champan]

Very nice. And I think I have seen some punk rockers in the mall that resemble these shots.

 

[Desert Rat]

Hey there Frank, Just have to be there during their breeding season...

Very cool Eric. Never seen this plumage before. :smile:

 

[Desert Rat]

Thanks Mike Mac and Louis...

 

[Gale]

OMG that is tooooo funny.........

money shot money shot :>)))

Love it, that is great.
Not only the funny hair doo...But the silly look as well.

Good going.

 

[Tim Z]

Great shots Eric!! How the heck were you able to get so close to them in the nesting olony. Up here, we're not allowed to venture into nesting colonies, plus they would all fly away if we tried to get that close.

What species of cormorant is that? We have Double-crested, Brandts & Pelagic up here, but this doesn't look like any of them.

Cheers

Tim

 

[Desert Rat]

OMG that is tooooo funny.........
money shot money shot :>)))
Love it, that is great.
Not only the funny hair doo...But the silly look as well.
Good going.

Thanks Gale, These guys were just standing there on the cliffs and approached us...

 

[dmwphoto]

well done and definately money shots

 

[Desert Rat]

Great shots Eric!! How the heck were you able to get so close to them in the nesting olony. Up here, we're not allowed to venture into nesting colonies, plus they would all fly away if we tried to get that close.
What species of cormorant is that? We have Double-crested, Brandts & Pelagic up here, but this doesn't look like any of them.
Cheers
Tim

Well, I was down there shooting Brown Pelicans in Breeding colors... This is one of the same areas Art Morris takes his photo workshops. The Pelicans are standing on the rocks and we can walk out there... As long as you keep a relatively safe distance i.e 20-30ft they seem to be fine with you standing there with them...
These guys were in breeding plumage which occurs somewhere around early spring?

I think they were both Double-crested, and Brandts.

Remeber they are in breeding plumage... That is the key..

 

[Desert Rat]

Thanks Dave....

 

[Desert Rat]

Added Another shot for today

Just thought I would go out with a bang for this year.. This will be my last post till next year..

After today I will not have access to the internet. So I thought I would just add another shot to the end of this post...

Ferruginous Hawk

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[cknight]

Now that's a bird with attitude!