Cormorant Courtship Culmination
The second offering of seaweed was accepted (the first was rejected, thus the male had to swim off to find a more suitable piece). This image depicts the culmination of this pair's courting ritual. Flightless Cormorants are endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
© Stacey J. Meanwell
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