I have a pet one, ended up on my dock on the sound in North Carolina. Its Wing is messed up but he can still swim and catch fish. I befriended him, I was clamming and I swam over with just my head above the water. I talked to him for a while and it relaxed. It's been here for a couple weeks and seems to enjoy my company now. Sleeps here at night and swims and catches fish in the daytime.
I love cormorants’ feathers; I’ve always thought their coats look kind of like suede, having that same sheen effect in the light, or rather, the direction from which the light is shining in relation to your eyes.
I recently started seeing a flock of these at Canandaigua Lake in New York State. I've lived near there all my life, and have never seen these birds before, but these are definitely them. Naturally I became very curious about them, so thank you so much for sharing all this information! Just as you questioned in the video, I wonder why they are seeking more inland freshwater habitats, like Canandaigua Lake.
I spotted lots of them just last night here, nesting in the trees at sunset in Seneca Lake State Park marina in Geneva NY, less than 15 miles from you. They have such an odd call. A friend told me what they were, so I googled them as well, and wound up at this video.
We have a big family of them that return to the Welland canal in Canada every year now. Been watching them for a few years and I'm so in love with them!
I knew they were in Florida having grown up there but noticed them on a walk at Lk Crabtree Park in NC roosting up in the trees. Didn't know they were outside FL or even as far as the UK. In FL we call them "snake birds" because when underwater, their long necks look like snakes.
Very interesting facts. I particularly enjoyed the fact that they work together. Just like humans and possibly even better than. Much appreciated, from Melbourne Australia.
Brilliant info on the cormorant. I managed to pick up 7 puns if I counted correctly! I wasn't really aware of them first time round so watched it all through again! Lol!! 😁
Thank you. I really should have made a note how many I included but I’ll have a look at my script a bit later and let you know. Off the top of my head I can only think of six but that could just be my memory. Lol.
I think that sounds about right! All good fun, anyway. Thanks for what you do. I always learn from your videos and pass that knowledge on to family members who are interested.
Great video Leum .I didn't count carefully since I was entranced by your facts, enthusiasm and amazing filming but think about 8 . Cormorants are beautiful Near where I live is a special ialsnd where no human is allowed It's mainly for cormorants , swans the lot and wonderful to watch them .Your news about their numbers growing is the best I've heard in a while .Have a good weekend👍👏🏻 Best wishes from Helena .🌻
Hi Helena. Thanks again for your lovely feedback. I should have really taken a note of how many I included before asking the question. I’ll take a look at my script a bit later on and get back to you. Have s great day :)
Thanks for this run down on the Great cormorant. It is an impressive looking bird. Here in North America they are an uncommon visitor and only to the eastern coast. We have Double crested cormorant in the east primarily and Neotropic cormorant in the west. Both are much smaller then the Great cormorant.
Excellent, and what a genius way of ramping up the watch time by baiting us to watch it for a second time to land the pun count. Could have read the script in the description but reeling through all that text might have meant that I wouldn't quite net them all. I reckon you managed to cast out six in your narration. Well done. Your videos have got me hooked. 👍 😛 👍
I didn't even realize this breed of bird existed until I watched this video! Here in West Yorkshire we get a lot of Pigeons, Magpies, Crows and Blackbirds, but never have I seen this type of bird before.
While strolling by the River Calder at Copley, near Halifax, last year my wife and I saw a Cormorant drying itself off on the protruding branch of a sunken tree. Needless to say there was a long moment of disbelief - a Cormorant in the middle of the Pennines ? - but searching online showed that these birds are quite happy on large rivers.
They are taking advantage of all the man-made lakes! Those birds are super smart and social, some rehabilitated individuals if not spooked will take food from your hand in a day or two while even parrot will need months of training
As always another great video Liam and very well presented, very interesting info and some great puns too! 😂 Keep up the good work, really looking forward to the next one 👍
Thank you. That was interesting. I only noticed two fishing puns! 😅 I spotted a cormorant in a tree above our local river recently. I think it was a young one.
Amazing footage! I first noticed when she made that prize catch. That looks like a huge fish (do you know what kind?) the bird caught near 2:10! The fish was struggling, but the hungry Cormorant managed to fully consume (alive?!) it all okay? It looked like the unlucky thing was desperately kicking sliding down that long throat! I wonder, does the large fish stand any chance of escaping if eaten in that condition? Maybe it can turn around inside the elastic throat/stomach and has a chance of survival here.
I am not sure which species the fish was, a marine one for sure. No, I dont think they have any chance once they have been swallowed, it must not be a very nice way to go.
@@AShotOfWildlife lol they are too wary of me & are up high on their post sunning in their usual spot if I do see them. We have a quite a few in SE Kent. I don’t remember them from childhood.
Thanks Liam for the facts about the Cormorants! Great film. As you might have seen on my channel we have them here too. Greetings and have a good weekend! // Bertil.
I just saw one at the lake today. It stayed so still and posed for my camera as I was vlogging. It was adorable. 😊 Was curious to learn more about it. Thanks for making this video!
Hey Liam nice video i love cormorants it seems you know all the fact about birds Also could you do a curlew next or any sort of wader Edit: shags and cormorants are easy to get mixed up:)
Cormorants have the best of all environments: air, water, land. Granted, they are not great at "walking" but certainly better than ducks and geese. Swimming is where they dominate the other waterfowl. And of course they fly well. The ultimate all-terrain animal.
Seem like some places see these birds as a nuisance, saying they are a threat to local fish and killing them. My friend seen one swimming in her pond as it chased away some ducks. I think the reason they're coming inland is the shore line is too polluted. Oh and I live in America. We have those birds here too. 😁
I have been seeing one of these birds lately and had to try and find out what it was. It's a Cormorant, never heard of them before, but looks impressive. I was able to get some good images.
THINGS YOU BASICLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT CORMORANT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE IS THIS; (AND NOT EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO) There are two subspecies of Great Cormorant in Britain and Europe The original Great Cormorant in Western Europe is the marine Atlantic cormorant along the Atlantic coast of Europe since the last Ice Age. The full Latin name for this is Phalacrocorax Carbo Carbo The other subspecies is Phalcrocorax Carbo Sinensis. Sinensis means Chinese in Latin and is the same subspecies that has long been domesticated and used for fishing in China All indications point to Ph. C. Sinensis was introduced to Europe, when Europe had extensive contact with the other parts of the world around the 16th century. It was then common to bring wild and domesticated species of plants, animals, birds and fish to Europe from other parts of the world. The Europeans also brought their European wild and domesticated species around the world King James I (r. 1603-1625) amused himself by fishing with tame cormorants as well as hunting with falcons Ph. C. Sinensis is slightly smaller than Ph. c. carbo, has more white on the head during mating season and is a multi-habitat cormorant, i.e. nests and fishes in salt water, brackish water and fresh water. Ph.D. C Sinensis often sits in trees and nests in trees, but also on the ground where there are no trees. Ph.D. c. carbo does not nest in trees, but on the ground It is Ph. C Sinensis and not Ph. c. carbo which has exploded in number and spread since the 1970s-80s. The population of Ph. c. carbo has remained constant or decreased slightly www.fishlife.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CormPopulation-Europe-Final_issue01_per-2010-04-27-.pdf All the Great Cormorants in the video are Ph. c. sinensis.
Yes, Unfortunately I didn’t mention them because youtube has demonetised my videos in the past for using the words “how to sex”... even though the full sentence was “how to sex common frogs”. So I figured it wasn’t worth the risk. Thanks for leaving a comment, I’m glad you found the video interesting.
Very informative. In the footage the fish caught is pretty big. It looks at least a quarter pound size. I'm wondering what their fish take size limit would be!!!! I've seen heron take what I think are very large fish too!!!!! I'm a bit stupid Liam. I find it hard to tell the difference between a cormorant and a shag. I take it that it will usually be a cormorant I'll see. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills Northern Ireland
Very oily feathers, or so it seems, on their breasts! and interesting to know why they often have their wings spread! I often see that stance! Very interesting!
my mate had 3 fishing lakes , cormorants turned up and wiped them out with in months they said each bird was eatting about two pound of fish a day and there was nothing he could do about it
You can shoot them in France and in 2004 I was told you would get 5 euros for each dead one at this point I would normally say they taste good but they have very little meat,I see one or two near me in London they do not mix well with other Birds probably down to the time they spend fishing.
Excellent video! It seems that the UK population, which was formerly mostly coastal and cliff-nesting has been swelled by birds from mainland Europe of the race ‘sinensis’, birds that mostly nest in trees. Many of the birds in your video have the appearance of continental Cormorants.
The Common Cormorant - or Shag - lays eggs inside a paper bag. The reason why I do not know - can only say that this is so - if you know the rest please say - I'll read it up another day!
You might think that, but they are just trying to survive like everything else. They dont want to eat the fish you would like to catch, they need to eat them.
You fail to tell about the difference in Great Cormorants. The marine living Phalacrocorax Carbo Carbo that only lives in marine environment, for example the Brittish Isles. And the now dominating subspieces Phalacrocorax Carbo Sinensis that has spread loke wildflower in Europe and also likes fresh water environments and cause huge negative impact on rivers and streams, not least on salmon and trout.
In this film the narrator says "that no one is sure why these birds has begun casting out into inland areas, rather that their traditional breeding sites on the coast". This statement is false! The reason is that this species of cormorant is not the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), but the Chinese subspecies Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, that are exterminating fish populations all across Europe now. The latter makes nests in trees instead of on cliffs, as the Great Cormorant do.
Although I didnt mention the gradual change of subspecies of cormorants in the UK (Both of them are the species "Great Cormorant" by the way), there isnt actually any evidence that sinensis is not native to Europe. Heres something I found in a journal "Since many years now it is rumoured that the inland European cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis was introduced by Dutchmen from China to Holland in the 16th century to perform cormorant fishing in Europe and thus has to be classified an Invasive Alien Species (IAS). Although this hypothesis is not based on scientific evidence it has already been referred to in scientific literature. To check its plausibility, this review confronts three essential aspects of the introduction hypothesis with German sources mainly from the Middle Ages and historical reports on European cormorant fishing. The analyses show that there is no evidence for the introduction of birds from China. Instead, a medieval breeding record as well as regular appearance ofthe cormorant in religious and secular literature from the Middle Ages show that the bird was at least temporarily well-known in deeper inland regions of the German-speaking area. The results raise strong doubts about the hypothesis of Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis being an introduced alien species." But if you have got any evidence to the contrary, not from an angling magazine, please feel free to share it with me. I cannot make changes to this video now but if new information is brought to my attention, I will include it in any future videos about cormorants.
@@AShotOfWildlife What you say does not contradict what I've mentioned. These birds are NOT Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. They are very different in their behavior, and utterly harmful. How they got introduced into Europe is totally irrelevant. They just need to be exterminated if there will be any fish left!
They will become a problem, in Denmark and other Nordic countries their population is rising fast, and our fish are disappering, especially trout/sea trout/salmon spawn. The bird returned to Denmark in 1971, now we have 32.000 breeding pars, and during migration aprox. 300.000 individuals. They are a plauge consuming all in their path, flying rats, just worse.
So beautiful ❤️! It is a myth that they eat too manyh fish. Science has proven that they are beneficial to humans and they eat a small portion of fish. Ignorant people state otherwise.
Rubbish, they eat their own weight in fish every day. They have destroyed the fish stocks in our rivers, and need to be controlled. They are sea birds, that have invaded our fresh water because of low fish stocks at sea.
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I have a pet one, ended up on my dock on the sound in North Carolina. Its Wing is messed up but he can still swim and catch fish. I befriended him, I was clamming and I swam over with just my head above the water. I talked to him for a while and it relaxed. It's been here for a couple weeks and seems to enjoy my company now. Sleeps here at night and swims and catches fish in the daytime.
how’s it now
Ya know I am not a bird person, but when I watch this ... I actually liked the video! I found it very informative and well done! Thanks.
Cheers. I'm glad you gave it the time and enjoyed it after all!
I love cormorants’ feathers; I’ve always thought their coats look kind of like suede, having that same sheen effect in the light, or rather, the direction from which the light is shining in relation to your eyes.
I recently started seeing a flock of these at Canandaigua Lake in New York State. I've lived near there all my life, and have never seen these birds before, but these are definitely them. Naturally I became very curious about them, so thank you so much for sharing all this information! Just as you questioned in the video, I wonder why they are seeking more inland freshwater habitats, like Canandaigua Lake.
I just saw them at Deep Run Cove this morning.
I spotted lots of them just last night here, nesting in the trees at sunset in Seneca Lake State Park marina in Geneva NY, less than 15 miles from you. They have such an odd call. A friend told me what they were, so I googled them as well, and wound up at this video.
Say goodbye to all the fish you used to catch.
We have a big family of them that return to the Welland canal in Canada every year now. Been watching them for a few years and I'm so in love with them!
6 fishy puns…. ! Very thorough video Liam with great information , nicely narrated. 👌🙏
Really appreciate the amount of effort put into these videos, thank you :)
Thank you. Some of them take a while to put together so I’m glad it’s appreciated :)
Thats amazing information about Cormorant: ua-cam.com/video/cg-rbG-lcVc/v-deo.html
These videos are great 💯
When flying my glider we we times encounter them in thermals as high as 1500m! So also exellent flyers!!
Fellow bird brother...thanks for doing this video. Nobody does videos on Cormorants! We have several here in Arizona.
I knew they were in Florida having grown up there but noticed them on a walk at Lk Crabtree Park in NC roosting up in the trees. Didn't know they were outside FL or even as far as the UK. In FL we call them "snake birds" because when underwater, their long necks look like snakes.
Thank you for this excellent presentation! I honestly had no idea about these birds, I've learnt so much! Thank you!
Very interesting facts. I particularly enjoyed the fact that they work together. Just like humans and possibly even better than. Much appreciated, from Melbourne Australia.
Excellent Liam as usual, I love this series ..
Thank you. I'm currently working on the next one so expect that in.the next 2 to 3 days (or tomorrow if I get real productive!)
Brilliant info on the cormorant. I managed to pick up 7 puns if I counted correctly! I wasn't really aware of them first time round so watched it all through again! Lol!! 😁
Thank you. I really should have made a note how many I included but I’ll have a look at my script a bit later and let you know. Off the top of my head I can only think of six but that could just be my memory. Lol.
I think that sounds about right! All good fun, anyway. Thanks for what you do. I always learn from your videos and pass that knowledge on to family members who are interested.
Love your short videos. I hope you will do Great Crested Grebes soon. 🙂
Great video Leum .I didn't count carefully since I was entranced by your facts, enthusiasm and amazing filming but think about 8 . Cormorants are beautiful Near where I live is a special ialsnd where no human is allowed It's mainly for cormorants , swans the lot and wonderful to watch them .Your news about their numbers growing is the best I've heard in a while .Have a good weekend👍👏🏻
Best wishes from Helena .🌻
Hi Helena. Thanks again for your lovely feedback. I should have really taken a note of how many I included before asking the question. I’ll take a look at my script a bit later on and get back to you. Have s great day :)
@A Shot Of Wildlife Your enthusiasm , humour and personality are the best :)
Thanks for this run down on the Great cormorant. It is an impressive looking bird. Here in North America they are an uncommon visitor and only to the eastern coast. We have Double crested cormorant in the east primarily and Neotropic cormorant in the west. Both are much smaller then the Great cormorant.
Birds of America by Mary Mccarthy brought me here , now I know why the writer was impressed by the bird.. good video
This is very interesting,,, but are there any videos on tours on Cormorant Minnasota itself??
Brilliant video, thank you for putting your time and effort in too these videos. I will follow you
Thanks Kevin. I'm glad you'll be watching.
Excellent, and what a genius way of ramping up the watch time by baiting us to watch it for a second time to land the pun count. Could have read the script in the description but reeling through all that text might have meant that I wouldn't quite net them all. I reckon you managed to cast out six in your narration. Well done. Your videos have got me hooked.
👍 😛 👍
I didn't even realize this breed of bird existed until I watched this video! Here in West Yorkshire we get a lot of Pigeons, Magpies, Crows and Blackbirds, but never have I seen this type of bird before.
While strolling by the River Calder at Copley, near Halifax, last year my wife and I saw a Cormorant drying itself off on the protruding branch of a sunken tree. Needless to say there was a long moment of disbelief - a Cormorant in the middle of the Pennines ? - but searching online showed that these birds are quite happy on large rivers.
Its because its a sea-bird
Really interesting video with some great footage chosen! I love watching cormorants in the river near me.
Another Brilliant Video. Very Interesting And Informative. Many thanks for sharing.
They are taking advantage of all the man-made lakes!
Those birds are super smart and social, some rehabilitated individuals if not spooked will take food from your hand in a day or two while even parrot will need months of training
Superb video! I didn’t know much about cormorants and I’ve learnt loads 🙂
Thank you :)
As always another great video Liam and very well presented, very interesting info and some great puns too! 😂 Keep up the good work, really looking forward to the next one 👍
Thank you! I am now working on a great spotted woodpecker video which will be out over the weekend :)
Thank you. That was interesting. I only noticed two fishing puns! 😅 I spotted a cormorant in a tree above our local river recently. I think it was a young one.
Your all Videos are very informative Dear ....Liked ..👌
Amazing footage! I first noticed when she made that prize catch. That looks like a huge fish (do you know what kind?) the bird caught near 2:10!
The fish was struggling, but the hungry Cormorant managed to fully consume (alive?!) it all okay? It looked like the unlucky thing was desperately kicking sliding down that long throat!
I wonder, does the large fish stand any chance of escaping if eaten in that condition? Maybe it can turn around inside the elastic throat/stomach and has a chance of survival here.
I am not sure which species the fish was, a marine one for sure. No, I dont think they have any chance once they have been swallowed, it must not be a very nice way to go.
Thank u 4 this info. Video was lovely.
Thank you, you are welcome :)
Just spotted one a couple months ago in Michigan.
Fascinating Liam, many thanks!!
Shout out to Juju & Penguin who are always about & encourage my sea swimming x
Haha, male sure they don't mistake your toes for a meal.
@@AShotOfWildlife lol they are too wary of me & are up high on their post sunning in their usual spot if I do see them. We have a quite a few in SE Kent. I don’t remember them from childhood.
Thanks Liam for the facts about the Cormorants! Great film. As you might have seen on my channel we have them here too. Greetings and have a good weekend! // Bertil.
I just saw one at the lake today. It stayed so still and posed for my camera as I was vlogging. It was adorable. 😊 Was curious to learn more about it. Thanks for making this video!
I live on a houseboat and saw a cormorant catch a bluegill fish today. I knew they did this but had never seen it happen, fascinating.
Great job
Thank you!
Very interesting. Thank you
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Hey Liam nice video i love cormorants it seems you know all the fact about birds
Also could you do a curlew next or any sort of wader
Edit: shags and cormorants are easy to get mixed up:)
Thanks for the video.
If their feathers aren't waterproof it is to catch water inside and dive deeper (up to 20m).
Awesome video man.
I have rescued and help rehab more cormorants than I can count. I love them. They are tough little buggers
Very interesting thanks Liam
Cormorants have the best of all environments: air, water, land. Granted, they are not great at "walking" but certainly better than ducks and geese. Swimming is where they dominate the other waterfowl. And of course they fly well. The ultimate all-terrain animal.
Seem like some places see these birds as a nuisance, saying they are a threat to local fish and killing them. My friend seen one swimming in her pond as it chased away some ducks. I think the reason they're coming inland is the shore line is too polluted.
Oh and I live in America. We have those birds here too. 😁
I have been seeing one of these birds lately and had to try and find out what it was. It's a Cormorant, never heard of them before, but looks impressive. I was able to get some good images.
Very very good and interesting, ok 🤔🆗👍
Thank you very much!
@@AShotOfWildlife HAPPY DAY 👍
good video, good info
Thank you. If you enjoyed this you might like some of my others so check them out if you want to :)
New subscriber! These birds are fast to catch fish!
lovely video ❤
Thank you.
Brilliant
Thanks Anne!
THINGS YOU BASICLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT CORMORANT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE IS THIS;
(AND NOT EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO)
There are two subspecies of Great Cormorant in Britain and Europe
The original Great Cormorant in Western Europe is the marine Atlantic cormorant along the Atlantic coast of Europe since the last Ice Age.
The full Latin name for this is Phalacrocorax Carbo Carbo
The other subspecies is Phalcrocorax Carbo Sinensis.
Sinensis means Chinese in Latin and is the same subspecies that has long been domesticated and used for fishing in China
All indications point to Ph. C. Sinensis was introduced to Europe, when Europe had extensive contact with the other parts of the world around the 16th century.
It was then common to bring wild and domesticated species of plants, animals, birds and fish to Europe from other parts of the world.
The Europeans also brought their European wild and domesticated species around the world
King James I (r. 1603-1625) amused himself by fishing with tame cormorants as well as hunting with falcons
Ph. C. Sinensis is slightly smaller than Ph. c. carbo, has more white on the head during mating season and is a multi-habitat cormorant, i.e. nests and fishes in salt water, brackish water and fresh water.
Ph.D. C Sinensis often sits in trees and nests in trees, but also on the ground where there are no trees. Ph.D. c. carbo does not nest in trees, but on the ground
It is Ph. C Sinensis and not Ph. c. carbo which has exploded in number and spread since the 1970s-80s. The population of Ph. c. carbo has remained constant or decreased slightly
www.fishlife.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CormPopulation-Europe-Final_issue01_per-2010-04-27-.pdf
All the Great Cormorants in the video are Ph. c. sinensis.
Nice video. 👍
Thank you.
Very interesting video Liam, and it's quite easy to get both a cormorant and shag confused.
Yes, Unfortunately I didn’t mention them because youtube has demonetised my videos in the past for using the words “how to sex”... even though the full sentence was “how to sex common frogs”. So I figured it wasn’t worth the risk.
Thanks for leaving a comment, I’m glad you found the video interesting.
Very informative. In the footage the fish caught is pretty big. It looks at least a quarter pound size. I'm wondering what their fish take size limit would be!!!! I've seen heron take what I think are very large fish too!!!!! I'm a bit stupid Liam. I find it hard to tell the difference between a cormorant and a shag. I take it that it will usually be a cormorant I'll see. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills Northern Ireland
They can swallow a 1 kilo fish with no trouble at all.
Yes BH. Herons can do the same. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland.
They are green!!! Bloody things do more damage than mink and otter combined.
Cool 😎
Thanks!
Very archaic looking bird id imagine was from the triassic period tbh
I'm curious about your accent. What area of England are you from?
Hi Jane. I am from Norfolk in east anglia and most of my conversations are with people in the countryside, so I think my accent is quite strong.
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The bird, is close to a prehistoric bird..as it comes..
Theres a carp being eaten in the thumbnail right?
No, in the thumbnail is a small perch. They do eat carp though which puts them into conflict with fishery owners.
We have just started to see them at our local lake in England Essex. Fantastic video keep up the great work.
Very oily feathers, or so it seems, on their breasts! and interesting to know why they often have their wings spread! I often see that stance! Very interesting!
my mate had 3 fishing lakes , cormorants turned up and wiped them out with in months they said each bird was eatting about two pound of fish a day and there was nothing he could do about it
The black death wiped out alot of lakes in the UK
wow. thats. crazy.
I bet that the weakened large fish Cormorants pass up make a great meal for another creature in need.
Is there a place where people eat them?
I don’t actually know. I imagine they are eaten in some places but I wouldn’t think they taste very nice.
You can shoot them in France and in 2004 I was told you would get 5 euros for each dead one at this point I would normally say they taste good but they have very little meat,I see one or two near me in London they do not mix well with other Birds probably down to the time they spend fishing.
Not to be confused with the "Greater Corcorant," only found in Armenia.
When you say "the country" do you mean the UK?
Yes, although you could argue the UK is a group of countries, it is also known collectively as a country.
Fist thing that came to mind was how do they taste 😂
Excellent video!
It seems that the UK population, which was formerly mostly coastal and cliff-nesting has been swelled by birds from mainland Europe of the race ‘sinensis’, birds that mostly nest in trees. Many of the birds in your video have the appearance of continental Cormorants.
Cormorants are impossible to tame. Even with chocolate biscuits.
Ce n'est qu'une espèce que l'on continue de protéger sans aucune explications ; pour 5 ans en France 👍😤🎣
The Common Cormorant - or Shag - lays eggs inside a paper bag. The reason why I do not know - can only say that this is so - if you know the rest please say - I'll read it up another day!
I hate this demon bird really, they ate my beautiful mirrorcarps that i bought
Its a shame they ate your fish. Were they in a pond or a lake?
@@AShotOfWildlife pond, but ive ever seen they ate roach like 35cm+ on river
Just vacuum useless birds, need to shoot it
Them things are a curse where i fish at
You might think that, but they are just trying to survive like everything else. They dont want to eat the fish you would like to catch, they need to eat them.
Last year they was 7 a day we went 2 to 3 months with out a rainbow trout
You fail to tell about the difference in Great Cormorants. The marine living Phalacrocorax Carbo Carbo that only lives in marine environment, for example the Brittish Isles. And the now dominating subspieces Phalacrocorax Carbo Sinensis that has spread loke wildflower in Europe and also likes fresh water environments and cause huge negative impact on rivers and streams, not least on salmon and trout.
There are thirty extant orders of birds:
1) Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
2) Struthioniformes (Ostriches)
3) Rheiformes (Rheas)
4) Apterygiformes (Kiwis)
5) Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu)
6) Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin)
7) Falconiformes (Birds of Prey)
8) Galliformes (Gamebirds)
9) Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
10) Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeters, Rallids, Finfoots, and Sarothurids)
11) Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
12) Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills)
13) Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu)
14) Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels)
15) Podicipediformes (Grebes)
16) Gaviiformes (Loons)
17) Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)
18) Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
19) Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse)
20) Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves)
21) Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Turacos, Bustards, and Mesites)
22) Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, Pauraques, Frogmouths, Potoos, Owlet Nightjars, and Oilbird)
23) Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
24) Strigiformes (Owls)
25) Trogoniformes (Trogons)
26) Coraciiformes (Rollers, Motmots, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Todies, Hornbills, and Hoopoes)
27) Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds)
28) Coliiformes (Mousebirds)
29) Psittaciformes (Parrots)
30) Passeriformes (Passerines)
In this film the narrator says "that no one is sure why these birds has begun casting out into inland areas, rather that their traditional breeding sites on the coast".
This statement is false!
The reason is that this species of cormorant is not the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), but the Chinese subspecies Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, that are exterminating fish populations all across Europe now. The latter makes nests in trees instead of on cliffs, as the Great Cormorant do.
Although I didnt mention the gradual change of subspecies of cormorants in the UK (Both of them are the species "Great Cormorant" by the way), there isnt actually any evidence that sinensis is not native to Europe. Heres something I found in a journal "Since many years now it is rumoured that the inland European cormorant Phalacrocorax
carbo sinensis was introduced by Dutchmen from China to Holland in the 16th century to
perform cormorant fishing in Europe and thus has to be classified an Invasive Alien Species (IAS). Although this hypothesis is not based on scientific evidence it has already been
referred to in scientific literature. To check its plausibility, this review confronts three essential aspects of the introduction hypothesis with German sources mainly from the
Middle Ages and historical reports on European cormorant fishing. The analyses show
that there is no evidence for the introduction of birds from China. Instead, a medieval
breeding record as well as regular appearance ofthe cormorant in religious and secular literature from the Middle Ages show that the bird was at least temporarily well-known in
deeper inland regions of the German-speaking area. The results raise strong doubts about
the hypothesis of Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis being an introduced alien species."
But if you have got any evidence to the contrary, not from an angling magazine, please feel free to share it with me. I cannot make changes to this video now but if new information is brought to my attention, I will include it in any future videos about cormorants.
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What you say does not contradict what I've mentioned.
These birds are NOT Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. They are very different in their behavior, and utterly harmful.
How they got introduced into Europe is totally irrelevant. They just need to be exterminated if there will be any fish left!
Last week I saw a flock of 12, on the jetty at Gabriel's Wharf, London.
the cormorant had species
Cormarants are all over central london canals. Never seen a nest tho. They like to swallow the eels whole any time of year
🦆🦤🦢
They will become a problem, in Denmark and other Nordic countries their population is rising fast, and our fish are disappering, especially trout/sea trout/salmon spawn. The bird returned to Denmark in 1971, now we have 32.000 breeding pars, and during migration aprox. 300.000 individuals. They are a plauge consuming all in their path, flying rats, just worse.
ua-cam.com/video/w5R-Qz-vIQo/v-deo.html&ab_channel=WhatSpecies
Flying rats 😂😂😂😂
ua-cam.com/video/Y13nIKpuWyw/v-deo.htmlsi=Hc2cYdq3cRB33zvy
INDIAN CORMORANT 👆
Bruh they're in ford lake in ypsi 😂😂
I don't know what ypsi is?
Should be able to shoot them dead in fishery’s
Well.... fishery owners should protect their stock in a way that doesn't harm native and wild species if they can.
This bird is every fisherman's worst nightmare. They always scare the fish away. God I hate them so much 😂
Noo. Fishermen in China use these birds by tying and a thread around their neck so they don't swallow the fish.
They don't scare the fish away. They eat them all. ALL.
So beautiful ❤️! It is a myth that they eat too manyh fish. Science has proven that they are beneficial to humans and they eat a small portion of fish. Ignorant people state otherwise.
Rubbish, they eat their own weight in fish every day.
They have destroyed the fish stocks in our rivers, and need to be controlled.
They are sea birds, that have invaded our fresh water because of low fish stocks at sea.
Gteat
All you need to know about cormorants is they should be extinct.
X4 of these havr turned up in recent years along the canal from me in Leicester. Beautiful nice video 😎
I know they suck.
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They r 100% invasive and will ruin your lakes 100% !!
Counterpoint:
They’re really cute
How? I have them living on our river and they just roost in trees (and drop major poop lol)