Two cormorants in Shukugawa are zipping around underwater.
A heron watching them… It’s waiting patiently for food, but the cormorants are stirring up the water at incredible speed.
In the pouring rain, several herons were along the banks of Shukugawa, looking for prey.
On the map, it’s around here↓
It’s just south of Hankyu Shukugawa Station.
Looking around, I spotted two “black objects” powering through the water.
It was a cormorant feeding scene. I was amazed by their speed!!
Right beside them, a heron was watching very, very intently.
[Video] A heron watching two cormorants swimming around in Shukugawa
Finally
Apparently, the average diving speed of a cormorant is 1.6 m/s, and its top speed is 4.7 m/s.(Roupert-Coudert et al. 2006)
If they can move 4.7 meters in a single second, small fish don’t stand much of a chance!
By the way, they were too small to see in the video, but there were also little fish leaping around on the surface as they tried to escape!
