Juan Carlos Munoz / Imperial shag / Blue eyed cormorant colony (Phalacrocorax atriceps), showing birds on nests, with one bird flying above. Patagonia, Argentina, March 2008

Charlie Summers / King / Imperial Cormorants (Phalacrocorax albiventer) breeding pair display courtship behaviour in the form of a ritual dance at their nesting site on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Charlie Summers / King cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps) in courtship behaviour at their nest site. Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.

Agustin Esmoris / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting, Falkland Islands

Agustin Esmoris / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) pair courting in nesting colony, Falkland Islands

Agustin Esmoris / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps), Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), and Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) colony, Falkland Islands

Michael Milicia/ BIA / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) landing in colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Mary McDonald / Blue-eyed shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) juvenile, Cooper Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic.

Mike Read / Lichen covered rocks with Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) and Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony beyond Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, November.

Mike Read / Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) adult on rocks with a beakful of nesting material, Sealion Island, Falkland Islands. December.

Agustin Esmoris / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) landing, Puerto Madryn, Argentina

Mike Read / Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) adult trying to steal nesting material from another adult, Sealion Island, Falkland Islands, December.