How tiring it must have been

to sit there and continuously and just flap its wings.

[Beryl Lloyd]

I wonder why --but he looks in distress and fatigued !!

[Cordiander]

Great picture! Why does he do that? Perhaps to dry.

[haskar]

He looks a bit like a conductor of a symphony orchestra. The cormorant's feathers absorb water, so it dries its spread wings.

[Diana]

@beryl I wish I knew Beryl, he was like a lunatic ;-)

@cordulaamann @haskar he was flapping and jumping around for about half an hour! I stood there in disbelief as his wings were dry and there was not another bird in sight :-)

[Christina]

Wonderful shot

[Zilli]

Great shot, with the wings spread out like this and him calling out!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot. Fav.

[Babs]

Maybe he was just learning how to fly. ha ha

[katy]

I suppose we will never really know why but it sure gave you this perfect shot of him with his wings extended

[Mags]

Wonderful capture!

[Steve Chappell]

Great timing and capture

[Tia]

Beautiful light and great timing

[Corinne C]

Great timing. Their red eyes are amazing!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, excellent.

[gloria jones]

Excellent shot

[Allison Maltese]

I wonder why it was flapping around? Usually they just spread their wings and stay still for them to dry. Nice action capture in any event.

[Olwynne]

Great shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Maybe he thinks some lady will see him from afar- who knows- or maybe he's just having fun! Good catch.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Stunning

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[Carole Sandford]

It’s a great shot!

[Heather]

Puzzling, but you got a fantastic shot, Diana! I love the light on its front feathers, and yes to those outspread wings! Great dof, too! Fav

[Paul J]

Very nice!

[LManning (Laura)]

Lovely movement.

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

@christinav @zilli @wh2021 @onewing @grammyn @marlboromaam @swchappell @tiaj1402 @corinnec @mittens @seattlite @falcon11 @ollyfran @olivetreeann @365projectorgchristine @elisasaeter @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @pej76 @ljmanning @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[L. H.]

This little creature…from wherever he was in the world—has no idea he’s made it onto this site with people all over the world commenting about his antics. Hahahaha.

[Kathy A]

If only he could talk