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Location

Hemingbough, Saint Francisville, Louisiana
USA

Metadata

Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D   at 600 mm
Exposure 1/100 s, f/5.6, ISO not available 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Order  Suliformes   Family  Anhingidae

Deutsch  Amerikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel Dutch  Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel
Italian  Aninga americana Spanish  Aninga Americana

Comments

Anhingas (also called "Darters" in Africa and Asia) must spend time standing in the sun, drying their feathers when these become waterlogged. Like cormorants, their feathers are not water-proof, allowing them to eliminate air from their plumage and reduce their buoyancy.




 

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    29/10/2004

Anhinga male
Anhinga anhinga
Anhinga d’Amérique

Jean-Michel PAULUS