{"id":8437,"date":"2015-02-20T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T07:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/?post_type=sight-projects&#038;p=1664"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T01:50:59","slug":"white-breasted-cormorant-overture-to-love","status":"publish","type":"sight-projects","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/projects\/white-breasted-cormorant-overture-to-love\/","title":{"rendered":"White-Breasted Cormorant Overture To Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  fetchpriority=\"high\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"988\"  height=\"1000\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4494 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg 988w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349-600x607.jpg 600w\" ><\/p>\n<p>It was wonderful to see the interaction between this pair of White-breasted Cormorants (Witborsduiker, Afrikaans name) as he tried to woo her with a stick.<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"607\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4496 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2-600x364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-offer-2-220x134.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>He would pick up a stick or piece of plant and offer it to her whilst she at times was acting a bit standoffish to his overtures.<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"684\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4497 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-sharing-3-220x150.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>They passed the stick to and fro between them giving off low guttural sounds.<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"770\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4498 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4-600x462.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-to-the-side-4-220x169.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Back and forth as she warmed up to him a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"998\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4499 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-in-the-air-5-220x220.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Accepting the stick and giving it back again.<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"956\"  height=\"1000\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4502 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6.jpg 956w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6-600x628.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6-768x803.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorants-wooing-stick-up-6-220x230.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Love is in the air and they eventually flew off with the twig to make a nest somewhere. Both White-breasted  Cormorants take turns in the incubation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was wonderful to see the interaction between this pair of White-breasted Cormorants (Witborsduiker, Afrikaans name) as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4494,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"sight_post_video_url":"","sight_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"sight_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_page_header_type":""},"tags":[],"sight-categories":[1668],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-296x300.jpg",296,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-768x777.jpg",768,777,true],"large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"cnvs-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",80,80,false],"cnvs-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",222,225,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",80,80,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",222,225,false],"csco-smaller":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",80,80,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",110,110,false],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",148,150,false],"csco-intermediate-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",200,202,false],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",277,280,false],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",380,385,false],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",395,400,false],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",580,587,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",672,680,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349.jpg",988,1000,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349-600x607.jpg",600,607,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cormorant-wooing-approach-2-e1565311669349-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"It was wonderful to see the interaction between this pair of White-breasted Cormorants (Witborsduiker, Afrikaans name) as he tried to woo her with a stick. 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