{"id":113290,"date":"2023-05-06T04:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T10:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113290"},"modified":"2023-05-06T06:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T12:30:35","slug":"double-crested-cormorant-with-a-tiger-trout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/05\/06\/double-crested-cormorant-with-a-tiger-trout\/","title":{"rendered":"Double-crested Cormorant With A Tiger Trout"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of April, while photographing an Osprey and Caspian Terns<\/span><\/a>, I also found a Double-crested Cormorant swallowing a Tiger Trout close to home.<\/p>\n

\"Double-crestedDouble-crested Cormorant swallowing a Tiger Trout \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tiger Trout looked large, but the Double-crested Cormorant had no trouble at all swallowing it. Because the cormorant was so close, I was able to see the spots on the sides of the trout, as I stood behind my tripod.<\/p>\n

Tiger Trout are are hybrids resulting from male Eastern brook trout and female brown trout cross-breeding. These trout will never be invasive because they are sterile and cannot procreate. Tiger Trout<\/span><\/a> are named the squiggly patterns covering the sides of their bodies. Some tiger trout have rosettes that closely resemble a leopard\u2018s spots. These trout are used to stock ponds and lakes for sport fishing.<\/p>\n

I think Tiger Trout are a beautiful fish.<\/p>\n

The Double-crested Cormorant quickly swallowed the fish before other cormorants and pelicans could swoop in to steal its prey. With prey this large and well-stocked it is no wonder the cormorants hang around at my local pond.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Double-crested Cormorant photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of April, while photographing an Osprey and Caspian Terns, I also found a Double-crested Cormorant swallowing a Tiger Trout close to home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,144,709,26],"tags":[13890,5548,5200,149,4432,4173,10698,1984,4106,6786,165,5549,6785,11603,8018,3996],"class_list":["post-113290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-double-crested-cormorant","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-brown-x-brook-trout","tag-cormorant","tag-cormorants","tag-double-crested-cormorant","tag-fish","tag-nannopterum-auritus","tag-park","tag-pond","tag-prey","tag-salmo-trutta-x-salvelinus-fontinalis","tag-spring","tag-swallowing","tag-tiger-trout","tag-trout","tag-urban","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t