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Anhinga anhinga - This is the same male anhinga as in the above photo, sunning its wings to dry them.
Anhinga anhinga - Note the bright blue ring around this male anhinga's eye. This appears during mating season.
Anhinga anhinga - This female anhinga is sunning her wings, drying them._1,_Wakulla_Springs,_20010526.jpg)
Anhinga anhinga - (male) sunning (drying) its wings
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).
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).
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.
Anhinga anhinga - Great Egret (Ardea alba) with female Anhinga (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).
Anhinga anhinga - Double-crested Cormorant (left) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (right). These are the same birds as in the above photo.
Anhinga anhinga - Double-crested Cormorant (left) with female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (right). These are the same birds as in the above photo.
Anhinga anhinga - A male (right) Anhinga courting a female in a ritual chase-and-splash fashon.