There is a special reason to post this animal that I photographed yesterday. It changed the plans on how I am spending the day today. I need to go back to the place where we saw it. Can you see why? You might need to enlarge and search the photo a bit.
When trying to fly away from this bush, this bird got entangled. Our hearts almost stopped when the bird fell tangled head down on those twigs, looking like a rainforest animal poached with a foot sling. Decency forbid to take more pictures. But looking back this was a mistake. The cormorant managed to free itself within half a minute, swam in the pond to regain composure for a bit and then flew away. If you look carefully you can see the fishing hook and line in the two pictures.
We might go back to this place to find out if the bird is still ok and make sure that this fishing line is not doing more harm to any animal out there. If there is no fishing tackle in the tree any more, that probably means that it is attached to the cormorant.
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Fishing hook is clearly visible near the tail.
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When taking the picture I didn't notice the big lure that you can see at its base of the tail on the left.
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