Cormorants roost on shipwreck May 21 2008
As the sun began to set at Melkbosstrand on the West Coast of South Africa, close to Cape Town, the Earth-Touch crew filmed cormorants flying in to roost on an old shipwreck.
The last, golden light was catching the deck of the ship and the sky turned orange above the sea – a peaceful scene.
The wreck keeps the birds relatively safe from predators such as jackals and seals. The crew identified white-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) and Cape cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) jostling for space. Watch the clip, Cormorants roost in shipwreck.
White-breasted cormorants also live inland. You can see a breeding colony in South Africa’s Blyde Canyon in the Earth-Touch clip, Cormorants breed in a quiet spot and in Botswana’s Okavango Delta in the clip, A commotion in the colony, which also features reed cormorants and darters.
Image © Earth-Touch 2008
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