Introducing The Shag

December 9, 2008 in New Birds and Cormorants with 8 comments

birdorable European Shag

Our 154th Birdorable bird and the answer to the last Spot the Birdorable is the European Shag. This cute cormorant can be found across Europe, northern Africa and south Asia. Shags are deep divers. Using depth gauges, they have been shown to dive as deep as nearly 150 feet.

What birdwatcher doesn't enjoy Shags? Especially this cute little Shag in this original design from Birdorable. A cheeky design for fun-loving birders everywhere.

Shag and Guillemot Colony - Farne (Phalocrocorax Aristotelis)

Photo by Bob Marshall 1

Shag, Farne Islands (Northumberland), 13-May-04

Photo by Dave Appleton

Comments

Natural Moments on December 15, 2008 at 6:31 PM wrote:

Your birdorables are a very cute idea. Very well done.

Heather Richards on October 7, 2016 at 10:37 PM wrote:

Cormorants are awesome! Did you know they said oink? I'm gonna add this to my bird favorites list

Heather Richards on January 7, 2017 at 9:43 AM wrote:

Cormorants say oink, really! I'm buying pigs at the market and then going to the sea to get a few cormorants, I think they would have missed their family in the barn. Cormorants MUST be related to pigs.

Louise Warner on March 17, 2017 at 10:19 AM wrote:

you should add the imperial shag!

Reed on May 5, 2020 at 6:31 PM wrote:

Is that a herring gull in the background?

Spurwing Plover on May 25, 2022 at 6:50 AM wrote:

Cormorant be my party Gull

Spurwing Plover on June 15, 2022 at 6:29 AM wrote:

With bright Blue or Green Eyes

Spurwing Plover on January 5, 2023 at 7:38 AM wrote:

Trained for Fishing in the Orient their explant Divers and magnificent on the Wing

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