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Northerner52
07-05-2020, 09:17 AM
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VApeople
07-05-2020, 09:49 AM
It is an Anhinga, sometimes called a 'snake bird'.
They go in the water to catch fish so they sometimes look like a snake in the water. To make it easier for them to swim, they do not have oil on their wings like other birds, so you often see them sitting in a tree drying out their wings.
A Cormorant is very similar, at least to me, but their snout is shorter.
I think Florida is beautiful. We drove to Chitty Chatty yesterday to take a walk around their lake and we saw two river otters crossing the road.
chrisinva
07-05-2020, 09:55 AM
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looks like an immature female anhinga.
Here's great resource for identifying birds. Lots of pictures of their different stages of life, habitat & breeding info too.
Online bird guide, bird ID help, life history, bird sounds from Cornell
All About Birds (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/)
Velvet
07-05-2020, 10:04 AM
Don’t know what bird, but that is a beautiful photo.
EdFNJ
07-06-2020, 05:12 PM
We drove to Chitty Chatty yesterday to take a walk around their lake and we saw two river otters crossing the road. Why did the river otters cross the road? ;)
DAS 15
07-07-2020, 09:39 PM
Why did the river otters cross the road? ;)
To get to the otter side,
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