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Anhingas are often submerged in water as they look for a fish dinner. Often, we can see them spreading their wings to dry them in the sun. They use their long sharp bills to spear fish.
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Photographed the Anhinga perched on a dead head in the Banana Creek Marsh off of the Eagle Roost Trail in the Circle B Bar Reserve located in the City of Lakeland in Polk Country Florida U.S.A.
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Anhinga female in mating season Everglades National Park Florida, USA.
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Anhinga with a freshly caught fish at Fakahatchee Strand.
This image may be disturbing to some fish lovers. If so, avert your eyes.
Anhinga female Florida.
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Male anhinga Everglades, Florida, USA.
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An Anhinga in its glorious mating colors - who could resist!!
During mating season, the male anhinga develops extra crest feathers on the head, and the flesh around the eyes may turn a bright emerald green. Males begin courtship with lots of high flying, soaring through the area, and then marking out a possible nest spot. Then he turns on the fancy moves, flapping his wings alternately and bending his head low, extending the tail to the sky. Once the female accepts, the male brings her nesting material and she builds a platform, usually in a bush or tree low over the water. They incubate the eggs together for nearly a month.
Anhinga female.
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Anhinga male Everglades.
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Anhinga male Florida.
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Male anhinga Everglades, Florida, USA.
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Anhinga female. Blue eye shadow means mating season. Anhingas develop this bright blue around the eyes when they are in mating season.
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From All About Birds:
When Anhingas aren't slyly swimming through shallow waters with only their head sticking out, they are easy to spot hanging themselves out to dry. Look around the borders of lakes and ponds with forested edges for a sunning bird. In the heat of the late afternoon, look up in the sky for Anhingas taking advantage of rising thermals. Despite being a waterbird, they soar quite well and are frequently seen soaring at great heights with a distinctive cross-shaped silhouette.
An Anhinga in all its mating glory colors and feathers
A long-necked, long-tailed swimmer of southeastern swamps. Often seen perched on a snag above the water, with its wings half-spread to dry. Can vary its buoyancy in water, sometimes swimming with only head and neck above water (earning it the nickname of 'Snakebird'). Often solitary when feeding, it roosts in groups and nests in colonies. Looks rather like a cormorant when perched, but not in flight, when the long tail may be spread wide as the Anhinga soars high on outstretched wings. Anhingas are silent at most times, but around nesting colonies they make various croaking and clicking sounds.
I shot this with a flash using a MagMod at -1.3 f-stops to fill in the shadows of the black feathers and provide some detail - which I usually don't do, but it seems to have worked here.
Anhinga male Everglades, USA.
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Anhinga female.
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The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird or darter, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. Unlike ducks, ospreys and pelicans which coat their feathers with oil from their uropygial gland, the anhinga does not have waterproof feathers. Their feathers get soaked upon immersion in water. Therefore, they cannot stay floating on water for long periods of time. The anhinga cannot fly with wet feathers. If it attempts to fly while its wings are wet, the anhinga has difficulty, flapping vigorously while "running" on the water. Like cormorants, the anhinga stands with wings spread and feathers fanned open in a semicircular shape to dry its feathers and absorb heat. They face away from the sun to dry their feathers.
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. It has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and, along with the nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and (across the border in Peru) the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madidi is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world.
Bolivia, Madidi National Park
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Anhinga Florida.
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