Anhinga - Mother Feeding Chicks (Anhinga anhinga) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

The anhinga is a cormorant-like bird that is sometimes called the snakebird because of it's long neck and distinguishable swimming style: with only it's neck and head above water. Anhingas are often confused with cormorants because of their similar appearance and behaviour (such as the statuesque pose of drying out of wing feathers), but can be differentiated most easily by their pointed bills and longer tail feathers.

Habitat:

This anhinga family was seen in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, where many bird species such as the anhinga, great blue heron, tricoloured heron, little blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, and wood stork share swamp islands during nesting season.

Notes:

a.k.a. - Snakebird, American Darter, Darter, Water Turkey

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Anhinga

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Thank you Adarsha!

Adorable :)

She sure has her hands full!

Thank you valentinaa1!

Thank you so much Harsha, Jolly and Karen!! It is a moment I feel honoured to have been able to photograph.

Wonderful series!

Awesome series.

Great work!

Thanks Joshua! Indeed you can

great captures. i think we can even tell by these pictures who's most likely going to survive to adulthood!

Thank you so much Stefania, Mona and Rieko!

Will do, Ava T-B!

Very beautifu and very nice!

Lovely.. First picture very cool :)

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378

yum yum!

feeding time!

Anhinga family in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida

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