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Anonymous
so can anyone identify this scary looking bird for me? snapped it on my way into work this morning
>> Anonymous
Where do you live?
>> Great Cormorant Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cormorant

or in Finland we call them "merimetso"
>> Anonymous
Cormorant?
>> Anonymous
lat. Phalacrocorax carbo
>> Anonymous
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here's a pic too
>> Anonymous
Hey I saw one of those the other day. They look like they have ballast flooded or something, when they swim, because their body is underwater.
>> Anonymous
That's because, unlik other birds, they don't have oil on their feathers to keep them bouyant. That's why they spread their wing. They have to dry off before they try to fly.

You're welcome,
Anonomiss