Looking locally I found the Great Cormorants were starting to reveal some nice breeding plumages on the surrounding lakes. The light is starting to become quite harsh during the middle of the day, so planning for photography in the morning or late afternoon will be the order of the day when the days are clear. The light and wind direction produced some nice flight images with good feather details in the late afternoon light. It will not be long before the adults will start nest building and this could produce more interesting images. Although this particular species might not interest many photographers because they are common breeding birds this shouldn’t stop bird photographers from producing some fine images. 

Another note to consider is while observing bird behavior of a particularly common species you are also watching other wildlife which might in the future give you ideas for projects. 

All images produced with the Sony A9,600mm,2x