Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) flying close to the water surface intending to dip water and bringing it to the chicks in its nest, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) drying wings, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) taking off from the sea, Oman, August

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian shag / cormorant {Phalacrocorax fuscicollis} on water, Tamil Nadu, India

Pete Oxford / Kerguelen Shags {Phalacrocorax atriceps verrucosus} Cape Cotter, endemic to Kerguelen Island Southern Indian Ocean.

Flip de Nooyer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) colony on Bird Island, Faro Les Eclaireurs lighthouse in the background, Beagle Channel off of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks, feeding on fish prey, Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Three Little black cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) perched on a branch, Kerala, India.

Frederique Olivier / Small group of Indian ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) hunting in shallow water behind a flock of Pied cormorants (Phalacrocorax varius), Cape Peron National Park, Western Australia.