Cormorants or Pecuk

Cormorants or Pecuk

Cormorants' expertise in catching prey (fish) has attracted the attention of fishermen living around the Lijiang River. The fishermen catch cormorants to be tamed and trained to deposit the fish they catch.

When looking for fish, what fishermen do is tie a rope around the neck of the bird so that the bird cannot swallow the fish they catch.

birds are lowered into the river where there are many fish. After the fish are caught, the birds will rise to the surface by biting the caught fish in their beaks. The fishermen pulled the rope that tied the bird to the raft and took the fish from its beak. After catching a lot of fish, the fisherman will give you some fish for the bird to eat.