Photo: Alexander Mustard
BRANDT'S CORMORANT
(Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
Photo: Teddy Lovat / Howcheng
The legs of a giant oil rig off the coast of California form a maze for this swirling scene of the hunter and the hunted. Alexander Mustard took this photograph, at top, of a Brandt's Cormorant flying through a shoal of Pacific Chub Mackerel. Predators such as sea lions, porpoises and dolphins also regards these rigs as prime fishing
sites. The Brandt's use the oil rigs as both underwater larders and platforms for roosting, while drying their wings.
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