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Heading out from the Falklands, we were fortunate to have a visit from a few South Georgia cormorants (aka shags). They can be difficult to differentiate from the Imperial cormorant. In the 'old days', both (along with the Antarctic cormorant and others) were all lumped together as blue-eyed cormorants. Based on location and the white cheek area, this one does appear to be a South Georgia version.

The blue eye is not the eye, but rather a ring of blue skin around the eye. And does it glow in the right light! They also have yellowish caruncles at the base of the upper mandible. Those can be fairly prominent.

If you notice the 'Taken on' field, you could say this, and a few albatross shots, was a Christmas present from Mother Nature.

Tags:   Leucocarbo georgianus Phalacrocoracidae South Georgia cormorant shag blue-eyed blue yellow black white caruncle pink legs bird avian wild wildlife nature beautiful striking Suliformes Aves flying flight Atlantic

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