Anhinga anhinga

Anhinga anhinga
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Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - This is the same male anhinga as in the above photo, sunning its wings to dry them.
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs, FL
March 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 214 kB
Photo added to site: Jun 9 2002


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - Note the bright blue ring around this male anhinga's eye. This appears during mating season.
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs, FL
March 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 162 kB
Photo added to site: Jun 9 2002


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - This female anhinga is sunning her wings, drying them.
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs, FL
March 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 173 kB
Photo added to site: Jun 9 2002


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - (male) sunning (drying) its wings
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs, FL
May 26, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman and/or Emily Earp
Full-sized photo: 279 kB
Photo added to site: Feb 17 2002


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - (female) sunning her wings. The female anhingas have a lighter-colored neck and breast; males are completely black. The bird swimming in the background is a Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus).
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 106 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - (female); this is the same anhinga as in the above photo. The birds to the left are Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis). The group of white birds in the background are White Ibises (Eudocimus albus).
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 153 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - (female); this is the same anhinga as in the above photo. When an anhinga swims, its body is completely submerged. With only the neck and head extending out of the water and appearing to lunge forward, it has the appearance of a snake, hence its nickname: snake-bird. One of the distinguishing factors between the anhinga and the Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is this swimming characteristic. The cormorant's body swims partially out of the water.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 121 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - Great Egret (Ardea alba) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 105 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - Double-crested Cormorant (left) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (right). Both species lack the oils produced by most other water birds used to repel water from their feathers, so they need to dry their wet wings in the sun in order to fly with less effort. The small birds to the left are Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis).
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 160 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - Double-crested Cormorant (left) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (right). These are the same birds as in the above photo.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 197 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - Double-crested Cormorant (left) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (right). These are the same birds as in the above photo.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 163 kB
Photo added to site: (before 2002)


Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga - A male (right) Anhinga courting a female in a ritual chase-and-splash fashon.
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs, FL
May 26, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Full-sized photo: 294 kB
Photo added to site: Feb 17 2002