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©Delores J. Knowles 2008 -- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) The morning sun caught the feathers on this female Anhinga just right. Isn’t she beautiful? And yes, she was fussing at someone, and the someone was me. I really didn’t see her until I was almost on her, and she was letting me know that she was there first and if there was any fish coming out of that pond, they were going in her beak and not mine! The adult female is easly distinguished from the male by their tawny brown neck and breast sharply set off from their dark belly. The Anhinga is called “Snakebird” in some areas because it will swim with it’s body submerged and it’s had and neck sticking up looking like a water snake. The Anhinga will also swim completely submerged going under water on one side of the pond and coming up on the other side. Along with the Cormorant, the Anhinga has no oil glands for preening and so must sit and dry their feathers whenever they come up from a submerged swim. Photographed in Lake County, Florida.
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Anna Wilson 09 Mar 2008
beautiful!!kate maher 10 Feb 2008
fab shot:)Lisa Keyton 02 Feb 2008
What a fantastic shot!rb chakravartty 24 Jan 2008
nicemel taylor 23 Jan 2008
What a capture! Your photography is excellent! mel