cormorant swallowing its lunch

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This cormorant is about to swallow a fish it caught after diving in an urban pond. Notice the hooked bill which cormorants use to stab prey. Cormorants are now quite common in city parks and restored urban wetlands even in large cities like Toronto where this photograph was taken.