under water
flash of black and white
cormorant
fishing over
time to dry and clean
black and white
This Little Pied Cormorant had been fishing along the breakwater at Sandringham Yacht Club. It was amazing looking down into the clear water to see the way this bird was flashing backwards and forwards below the surface with wings tucked in , twisting and turning beside the rocks. Suddenly the agile fishing machine exploded out of the sea and landed on this rock below me. What else could I do but start clicking the button on my camera furiously.
My contribution to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 73 Black&White. To explore an abundant cornucopia of haiku from talented poets across the world visit https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-73-blackwhite/
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so lovely 🙂 I love how they dry their wings. Amazing photographs, Thank you dear Dennis, love, nia
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Thanks Nia. It was like your cats, very relaxed and happy to be photographed.
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Beautiful post, Denis. The photos are so wonderful of the wet Cormorant.
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Thanks Olga. The bird just popped out of the water in front of me ready for a camera shoot.
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Lovely haiku and photo! I sat at the beach this morn and watched a bird diving for breakfast for the better part of a half hour. It would stay under for three rolls in and out of the waves and then come up with something tasty, eat, then dive again. Moments like these I regret not having a camera with stronger lens capabilities. Earlier in the week I saw a grey heron sitting on the end of the old pier, just hanging out. Lovely to birdwatch (and listen too).
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Thanks Melissa. It was wonderful to watch this bird fishing in the clear water below me then suddenly appear up on the rocks to have a rest and a clean up and dry out.
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They are amazing to watch when they are fishing.We only get the big cormorants here…and they look like something left over from an earlier phase of evolution. This little guy is cute.
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Thanks Sue. We get the big ones here also and a number of others in between. They are generally fairly solitary birds.
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We don’t get to see them often, but they are fantastic to watch.
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Brilliant post, he does seem so happy to have his photo taken, posing there in the rocks.
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Thanks for the supporting comments. He or she, its hard from that distance to tell. they are very solitary during the day , but come together in groups to roost at night.
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I like the way you fit the black and white into your two poems. The cormorant is so cute..it almost looks like he was posing for the shots.
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Thanks Janice, I appreciate your insightful interpretations of my haiku.
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The haiku are great and so are your photos. Loved your post! 🙂
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The cormorant created the photo shoot earlier in the week and in turn gave me the setting for Ronovan’s challenge
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Love the haiku. And how lucky for you with the photos.
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Thanks for the feedback, yes very lucky and making me pledge to carry a camera as often as possible.
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Nice! Lovely Pics! 🙂
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Thanks for the positive comments Prakash
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Fantastic Art Laura.
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