Feathered Action: Cormorant vs Eel

This is a much longer post than usual but I like the action sequence. Hopefully it will be worth your scrolling. A Double-crested Cormorant caught an eel and had a quite a time getting it subdued. It struggled for a few minutes to get its catch in the proper position to swallow it.

The eel tried wrapping the Cormorant’s beak shut. But the Cormorant just flipped it and tried again.

Finally, now you see it and now you don’t. Except for the bulge in the bird’s neck.