Energetics behavior and the zoogeography of *Anhinga anhinga* and double-crested cormorants *Phalacrocorax auritus*. After every dip, it strikes a regal pose on the edges of shallow lakes and ponds, with its silvery wings outstretched and head held high to dry its waterlogged feathers. By the Wayside. Owre, O. All photographs copyrighted by the author. What may sound like the Loch Ness monster is actually an Anhinga, swimming underwater and stabbing fish with its daggerlike bill. . Great images. 1967. Publication-quality 300dpi versions and prints of many of the images contained in this web site are available- inquiries welcomed- email bill@schmoker.org Male Anhinga "Someone watching me?" Anhinga, Sabal Palms, Texas, 3.05. (Isaiah 34:11a)Cormorants and bitterns (the latter being a type of heron) are famous to frequently waterways, preying on fish and other aquatic critters. A dark body stealthily swims through a lake with only a snakelike head poking above the surface. Your tip on the blue eye ring was very helpful (as I could see its eye, with ring, and it is breeding season). Soon he'll have a bright blue ring surrounding his eye for the ladies! Passenger Pigeon, 59(4): 347-358. . Just back from Circle Bar B (Lakeland) with herons, egrets, Anhingas and cormorants galore, and found your page struggling to identify an Anhinga vs Cormorant, with a fish on its beak - so I couldn't see the beak tip. Here is a beautiful male Anhinga preening, and beginning to sport some flashy breeding plumage on its head. Similar looking birds to Double-crested Cormorant: Neotropic Cormorant Breeding adult, Brandt's Cormorant Breeding adult, Pelagic Cormorant Breeding adult, Great Cormorant Breeding adult, Anhinga Adult male, Canada Goose Adult Dr. James J. S. Johnson. . Hennemann, W. 1985. The female Anhinga looks quite different with her tan head & … Isenring, R. 1997. Of Cormorants and Anhingas. Ornis Scand., 16(4): 319-323. Adaptations for locomotion and feeding in the Anhinga and the Double-crested Cormorant. Double-crested Cormorant (L) & Anhinga (R) / both Wikipedia images But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it .