Scientific Illustration

jenrichardsart:

Bank cormorant sketches. I had the pleasure of working with the only bank cormorants in human care a couple of years ago, two brothers, and they were fascinating birds. This endangered species is only found in South Africa and has suffered great losses in recent decades due to oil spills, habitat degradation and predation by alien mammals granted access to bank cormorant colonies by bridge construction; in 2006 the population was estimated to consist of only 2,800 breeding pairs.