Birds Identified: Anhinga/Water-turkey/Snakebird
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Anhinga/Water-turkey/Snakebird has these characteristics:
- Swimming
- Still perching
- Continuous flying
- Larger than robin
- Neck long
- Tail long
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly blackish, or dark gray, bluish black, etc.
- Mostly black and white, or other dark color and white
- Yellow or orange
- Underparts plain
- Tail bands (across)
- Wing bands or bars
- South summer (June through August)
- South winter (November through February)
- Marsh habitat
- Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
- Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org