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Florida’s Swamp Bird
Today’s post features a couple of images I captured a few years ago in the Everglades National Park (Florida). The Anhinga is a fun bird to watch as it “snakes” through the swamp waters, to find/catch fish. The adult male, as shown in these two photos, are especially colorful in their breeding plumage … I […]
Posted in 2014, 2021, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, National Park, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: anhinga, Everglades NP, Florida
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Fun Fri: Ready or Not, Here I Am
Today’s Fun Friday post comes from the Venice Rookery (Florida), where I captured this beautiful male (in fantastic breeding plumage) calling out loudly as he approaches the rookery nesting site: Coming up: more Florida travel images and some woodland wildflowers. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark II body Canon 500mm, f/4 IS lens Bogen 3021 […]
Posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2018, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Fun Friday: Family Dispute
Today’s Fun Friday post comes from the Venice Rookery (Florida) and features a pair of juvenile Anhingas having a sibling dispute in their nest at the rookery. While most of the birds at the rookery were busy building their nests, and a few even involved in mating, the Anhingas, along with the Great Blue Herons, […]
Posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2018, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, cute, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Communication Skills
While photographing at the Venice Rookery, a squabble developed between an Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) and a Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus). Here are a couple of images I captured of their interaction: Nothing really came of this disruption. After a few seconds, both birds decided the “issue” was not as important as first thought! The anhinga […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, cormorant, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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The “Jesus Bird”
Another interesting bird found along the Anhinga Trail in Everglades NP, was the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus). It is also called a “swamp hen”, or yellow-legged gallinule. But I’ve also heard it called “the Jesus bird”. Why this name? Because of it’s behavior. If you watch a purple gallinule foraging in swamps and marshes, it […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, National Park, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, anhinga, Anhinga Trail, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, cute, Everglades NP, Florida, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, winter
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Anhinga Nestlings
I’ve posted on the male Anhinga and the female Anhinga. Today’s post features little Junior Anhinga … a couple of nestlings found in or near nests, along Anhinga Trail in the Everglades NP: I also saw an active Anhinga nest when I visited the Venice Rookery. That event actually has an interesting story behind it […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, National Park, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, cute, Everglades NP, Florida, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, winter
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The ‘Other’ Snake Bird
Today’s post features the adult female Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga). In yesterday’s post, I featured the male Anhinga, so I thought I’d share some images of the female today. As you can see from the images, there are a lot of similarities. But the female’s chest is a buff color, instead of black. Also note that […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, National Park, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Everglades NP, Florida, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, winter
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Hisssss … the Snake Bird
Today’s post features the adult male Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), also known as “the snake bird”, photographed along the famous trail in the Everglades NP that was named after this beautiful bird, the Anhinga Trail. The Anhinga has often been called “the snake bird” due to it’s behavior. When swimming, often just the head and neck […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, snake bird, travel, winter
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