'Wing-drying'
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) in breeding plumage at Millers Crossing, the River Exe, Exeter, Devon, England.
The function of the 'wing-drying' or 'wing-spreading' behaviour of cormorants is uncertain with five proposed functions: wing-drying, thermoregulation, balancing, intraspecific signalling and as an aid to swallow fish/digestion.
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'Wing-drying'
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) in breeding plumage at Millers Crossing, the River Exe, Exeter, Devon, England.
The function of the 'wing-drying' or 'wing-spreading' behaviour of cormorants is uncertain with five proposed functions: wing-drying, thermoregulation, balancing, intraspecific signalling and as an aid to swallow fish/digestion.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2017
Taken on April 1, 2017