Backyard wildlife - Anhinga

[Iona60]

Saw the anhinga today. She dives underwater for fish and then comes out to dry her wings. When she is swimming, only her head and neck are above the water and she looks like a snake. I hope to get a picture of that one day.

[erash]

never knew their official name...we call them snake birds ;-0

[Iona60 in reply to erash]

I can understand that! I've been fooled a few times.

[angelite]

Um...BIRD ! ! ! : )

I have never heard of this one Iona, so I'm off to google it. Thanks for the lovely pic and prompting me to educate myself : ) x

[angelite in reply to angelite]

myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/...

They can eat snakes and small alligators - wild ! : ) x

[Iona60 in reply to angelite]

Maybe this is why there are no alligators in our lake.

[Iona60 in reply to angelite]

According to this site, this bird must be a male, as the female has a tan neck. I'll have to change his name from Annie to Andy.

[Michelednlp]

What a nice photo. Thanks for sharing.

[Morllyn]

Those are really fun to watch!

[Karen-x]

Nature is amazing. Keep sharing!

[Lakiee]

Lakiee.....So true nature is amazing, all the Wildlife and how they survive so many things, weather, people, predators.

[dmaskal1]

That's truly cool.

[greaterexp]

Great picture! Incredible bird!

[Eleyne92]

Great photo. I've never heard of this bird. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[jimeka]

Iona60, are you sure that you don't live in the tropics. It's amazing 😉. I have never heard of this bird before, it's quite the education this forum, thank you Jimeka

[Iona60 in reply to jimeka]

FL is kind of like the tropics. It hasn't gotten very cold here this winter. Look it up and see if you can find a picture of it swimming where it looks like a snake, or one where it is drying its wings.