| Often
noted perched on the rock platforms, or more often on pier structures
or moored boats, it feeds mainly on crustaceans and small fish it pursues
underwater. Cormorants control buoyancy deliberately water-logging their
plumage and are more vulnerable to chill than most other seabirds. After
feeding for about half an hour, they fly to a perch where they dry, re-waterproof
their feathers and warm-up, before returning to the water. Cormorants
usually breed in large colonies, none of which are found near Geelong,
but occasionally small colonies develop locally e.g. Lake Lorne at Drysdale. |
