This morning I went for a long walk along one side of Bantry Bay, an inlet of Sydney harbour. The area is in the lovely Garigal National Park. Along the way, I spotted this Little Pied Cormorant:

The bird had chosen a perch with a stunning view of Bantry Bay. Here’s a zoomed out picture of the bird on its skeleton-tree perch (the bird is at the end of the bottom branch on the right), with the clear water and mangroves of Bantry bay, and couple of canoeists in the distance:

The next picture shows more of the view, following the bay inland:

Here’s a view of the bay taken (on another day) from The Bluff, the highest point overlooking the water:

Common name: Little Pied Cormorant
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Approximate length: 60 cm
Date spotted: 4 October 2020 (spring)
Location: The Bluff Track, Middle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia: 33°46’23.9″S 151°13’52.8″E