Early in the morning sun, I went back to the gardens we walked around yesterday. The cormorant had just emerged from his morning dive, sat on a rock and made himself beautiful.
(sorry, but I want to show a sequence of photos, it was just so lovely to watch)
first he stretched his wings: 
then he scratched his back: 
then his neck: 
had a look around: 
and relaxed: had a look around:
Wonderful pics. I've snapped a few of these, but none so good as these. You can really see what the bird is like here.
Karen
Brisbane southside.
a great series of pics
I have many file pics of Little Pied Cormorant and had not noticed the black on the top of the bill
thanks for sharing
Peter
Very nice series of photos and sometimes it doesn't do justice to just post one photo, because it's the last one I like the most as the Cormorant looks so relaxed after a good preen, Good stuff M-L.
Regards
Shane