Drying Female Anhinga is a photograph by Norman Johnson which was uploaded on May 15th, 2019.
Drying Female Anhinga
A female anhinga dries itself on the shore of Lakeland, Florida's Lake Morton.... more
Title
Drying Female Anhinga
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A female anhinga dries itself on the shore of Lakeland, Florida's Lake Morton.
The anhinga or American darter (anhinga anhinga) can be found throughout the Americas from the southeastern United States to Argentina. Because it lacks the oils and types of feathers used to keep birds warm, they are restricted to the warmer climes. It is also called the black darter, water turkey, or snakebird. For other names refer to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology site.
There are three other darters found around the world: the African darter, the Australian or Australasian darter, and the Indian or Oriental darter.
The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language, which means devil bird, an evil spirit of the woods. The anhingas or darters, and cormorants are all part of the order suliformes. They were once part of the same family but have been separated into two families, anhingidae and phalacrocoracidae respectively.
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May 15th, 2019
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Comments (6)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm really glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "A Birding Group - Wings."
Sharon Nelson-Bianco
Hi Norman, love this anhinga portrait - they are such wonderful birds. Great work. Congratulations on your feature in FAA Portraits - Birds. Best, Sharon LF
Norman Johnson
I'm really glad you like it John. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You."
Norman Johnson
I'm really glad you like it Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
William Tasker
Gorgeous shot, Norman! Thank you for submitting this fine shot and correctly named bird to Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group, where it is now featured on the home page. L/F
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm really glad you like it William. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group."
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