Florida Cormorant by John James Audubon art print

An archival premium Quality art Print of the Florida Cormorant by John James Audubon for sale by Brandywine General Store. The artwork features a lone adult male bird in its bright spring plumage setting on the top of a rotten branch that is submerged in the water, he is hollering, most likely warning all his mates. Audubon drew this picture in the Florida Keys around the year 1832, there are numerous little islands all around and all are full of Florida Cormorants with these examples barely noticeable. This large showy bird was plate or picture number 252 in the 1st Havell edition of the great ornitholgy book, The Birds of America. This drawing was engraved, printed and colored by R. Havell in London in 1835. Carbo Floridanus - Mr. Audubon describes the Florida Cormorant thus "The Florida Cormorant seldom goes far out to sea, but prefers the neighbourhood of the shores, being found in the bays, inlets, and large rivers. I never met with one at a greater distance from land than five m