Little Pied Cormorants.
Pied cormorants are common Australian waterbirds. They are characterized by their white underbellies and black feathers on the top.
The Little Pied Cormorant resembles the Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax Varius but is much smaller with a predominantly shorter bill. Cormorants are found in both fresh and salt water areas and are often seen in large flocks along the coast and in waterways where there is plenty of fish to feed on.
Their diet consists of a wide variety of aquatic animals from insects to fish and they love freshwater yabbies and shrimps. They breed in colonies, or less commonly, in single pairs and use sticks to build their nests which are placed in trees and then they line the nests with green leaves. Both male and female cormorants share the responsibility of egg incubation and caring for their young.
Both male and female cormorants share the responsibility of egg incubation and caring for their young. These images were captured on Moreton Island in Queensland, Australia.
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