A quartet of young white-breasted cormorants make their way across the sands of Robberg Nature ReseA quartet of young white-breasted cormorants make their way across the sands of Robberg Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area in South Africa . Here, the Robberg Peninsula reaches into the Indian Ocean , and the birds find the waters a bountiful hunting ground. It usually takes a pretty good plunge to find supper—white-breasted cormorants are said to typically dive 30-feet underwater to find fish. There's more work to be done after the catch—like all cormorants , the plumage of our friends here isn't waterproof, so they'll spend lots of post-dive time preening and stretching their wings wide to dry off. This habit might also help the birds regulate their temperature, or—and this is just an unscientific guess—they may be competing to see who has the most awesome wing span ... See more See less
