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Anhinga drying off I haven&#039;t been out recently, so pulling something from the archives ;)<br />
This bird was a wild visitor to a park. The area is a man made marsh at an alligator park. Most of the birds here come and go freely - there&#039;s also a large colony of breeding egrets. The park didn&#039;t bring them in intentionally, but the birds apparently have found it to be a rather attractive spot, so much so that the park offers special early morning entry to birders/bird photographers during certain seasons.  Anhinga,Anhinga anhinga,Geotagged,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Anhinga drying off

I haven't been out recently, so pulling something from the archives ;)
This bird was a wild visitor to a park. The area is a man made marsh at an alligator park. Most of the birds here come and go freely - there's also a large colony of breeding egrets. The park didn't bring them in intentionally, but the birds apparently have found it to be a rather attractive spot, so much so that the park offers special early morning entry to birders/bird photographers during certain seasons.

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  1. Beautiful scene, thanks for sharing :) Posted 11 years ago

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The Anhinga, sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.

Similar species: Sulids
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Aug 29, 2014. Captured Feb 20, 2014 13:46 in 14211-14297 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32837, USA.
  • NIKON D700
  • f/5.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 200mm