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Another gallery of one flight of a bird that I saw for the first time. The photos unequivocally testify to the genus of the bird, namely, the Pygmy Cormorant. These photos initiated the gallery. This is actually the fourth gallery presenting a species of cormorant on my website. The picture, however, have only a documentary value. Still they are not the worst in my home gallery on my website. For me, the most important thing is the experience of nature in its authentic surroundings, meeting and taking photos of new species, not merely presenting a collection of pictures showing one, even the most beautiful picture. Of course, the best solution would be to have a lot of impressive pictures presenting many species. However, it is not really possible due to time, financial and organisational limits. Returning to the premier cormorant gallery, the Polish name is adequate to the size of this bird in comparison with the Common Shugs that is ubiquitous in Poland. The weight the Pigmy Cormorant is up to 800 grams and its wingspan is about 80 cm. When it comes to the Common Shug, this species weighs up to 3,5 kilograms and its wingspan is 1,5 metre.
Last minute news 08/2016
Another documentary gallery on tomkalfoto.pl changes its content. It is almost as satisfying as when a gallery of new species is created. Almost three years ago accidentally taken images that were put to initiate the gallery of this species began to make me annoy, but somehow such a long period there was no occasion to watch the pygmy cormorant and take better pictures. Information posted on clanga.com about a group of 8 birds that had appeared in Bydgoszcz was insufficient for one who would like to take pictures of birds, especially when spare time is limited and the area of ​​the city of Bydgoszcz is too great to penetrate on my own. As it often happens, I could not do without hints from other benevolent nature lovers. Thanks to Michał and Cezary for providing the exact whereabouts of the birds. Pigmy cormorants actually could be observed immediately upon arrival. Unfortunately at a considerable distance. I could not do without converters and often without cropping, as you can see in the pictures. However, such qualitative and quantitative changes have to be noted in the news on my website, but I hope I will have the opportunity to  much closer encounter with the bird, and further changes in the gallery...