GREAT ANHINGA PICTURES

  I got these pictures from the shores of Lake Howard in Winter Haven, Florida on the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, 2011. The weather was great with bright sunshine and a temperature of about eighty degrees Fahrenheit. I was using my wife's old Olympus FE-110 camera. The closest I could get to this bird was about ten feet. 

   From what I have read about this bird, I think that it is a male because of it's coloration. According to the Audubon society at  http://web4.audubon.org/bird/boa/F41_G2a.html, the Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) is known by such common names as "Bec a 

Lancette", "water crow", "Grecian Lady", snake bird or cormorant. The Cornell University's  Lab Of Ornithology at http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Anhinga/lifehistory describes the Anhinga as living in shallow, slow moving, sheltered freshwater habitats. It is not noted for liking large impoundments of water, though it may nest in or near the edges of open bays and lakes. 

 I hope that you enjoy looking at the rest of these pictures as much as  I enjoyed taking them.