Air drying after a pond dive in central Florida
When I first spotted this bird, I thought it was a double-crested cormorant. Turns out it is an Anhinga and is commonly confused with the double-crested cormorant. Some details that can distinguish the two apart are the lengths of beak, neck and tail, with the the anhinga being longer in all three categories. Additionally the anhinga is more black, while the cormorant can be a browner black.
Adding this beautiful Anhinga to my Bird Life List!
Thank you for being such a great model for me, darling.
Works Cited:
Carnevale, Shannon. “Commonly Confused Birds in Central Florida.” UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, 16 July 2018,
blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/polkco/2018/07/16/commonly confused-birds-in-central-florida/. Accessed 28 Feb. 2022.
blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/polkco/2018/07/16/commonly confused-birds-in-central-florida/. Accessed 28 Feb. 2022.
