Bence Mate / Three Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) drying themselves, one by shaking off water, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary

Bence Mate / Pygmy cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) drying their feathers, Hortobay, hungary, August.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Presti / Pigmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) stretching wings, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Presti / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) standing on log in water, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Presti / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) balancing on log in water, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Presti / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) on log in water stretching wings, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2009

Jussi Murtosaari / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) perched on dead branch in lake, spreading its wings, Finland. October.

Jussi Murtosaari / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) perched on dead branch in lake, spreading its wings with Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) perched close by, Finland. October.

Guy Edwardes / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) flying above water, Lake Kerkini, Greece.

Guy Edwardes / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) in flight above water, Lake Kerkini, Greece.

Guy Edwardes / Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus) taking flight from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece.

Roland Seitre / Pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) perched on the side of a fishing boat, stretching one wing, Kastoria, Greece. February.