Friday 30 January 2009

The usual courtship tactics...

he...trying to impress her, she...trying to ignore him.
He just stood there with his wings open.
(I had never seen these waterbirds before in this area)
Waterfront in Arona

18 comments:

Olivier said...

bien vu ;o)) pas facile de draguer chez les oiseaux ;o)

VP said...

I like this image, so real life!

Virginia said...

That is hilarious. You tell it perfectly ! :)
V

Anonymous said...

In fact, she also would like to attract his attention, and she might be turning her back on him...? Anyway, it seems not easy to get along well with someone to love... ;9

Judy said...

Showing off, I guess. Very cute.

Greg Dimitriadis said...

I hope it worked out for them!

Dina said...

Hehehe, good one!
What happened next?

Ann said...

Did he get the girl, or were his wings too small.

humanobserver said...

Enchanting....

Diederick Wijmans said...

She dived into the water at one point but not too far away.
He followed her movements from the shore but always with his wings open. There were other female birds next to him but he seemed to concentrate on the one he had set his eyes on. can only hope that all turned ut well for them.
Enjoy your weekend!

abc said...

They're just like humans in this respect, aren't they?

kalina said...

Oh, what a beautiful love story! Filled with romance, drama and emotions...

Maybe she was a famous, married bird and the paparazzi (you) caught her with her lover. So she had to pretend she doesn't know him and eventually she run away...

:D

Anyway, the shot is very good :)

Torsdag 1952 said...

Like life is !!! This birds are guests at our lake all the year. But now they have problems, water is frozen and they can not fish.
I will have a cormoran-shot for monocrome monday tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing
Hartmut

Sharon said...

This shot is just perfect. Playing hard to get!

Laurie Allee said...

Perfect!

Pepe Alcaide said...

LO importante es la táctica.

Jane Hards Photography said...

I only ever see one cormorant at at time. I have yet too photograph two together. This is so cute.

Petrea Burchard said...

I hope they got together. I'm charmed by this pair.