[Russ Lewis Silver Member Posts: 2737]

Landscape & Nature Photography

on: September 15, 2022 at 11:27 am

Hanging Out

[Reginald Villeponteaux Participant Posts: 71]

Re: Hanging Out

Reply #1 on: September 15, 2022 at 8:41 pm

Well seen! Took me some time to realize that the cormorant and the branch it’s sitting are almost the only objects in the scene that aren’t reflections.

[Russ Lewis Silver Member Posts: 2737]

Re: Hanging Out

Reply #2 on: September 16, 2022 at 11:01 am

Thanks, Reginald. Actually the bird is an Anhinga.

[Reginald Villeponteaux Participant Posts: 71]

Re: Hanging Out

Reply #3 on: September 17, 2022 at 9:14 am

I’ve only seen one Anhinga in my life, so I assumed it was a cormorant

which is common in my area.

Thanks,

Dale

[Russ Lewis Silver Member Posts: 2737]

Re: Hanging Out

Reply #4 on: September 17, 2022 at 9:53 am

Hi Reginald. The pond I used to live on frequently had cormorants or anhingas on it. It was almost impossible to tell the difference unless you could get a side view and see that the cormorant’s beak is hooked. The anhings’s isn’t. Outside of that they’re almost identical.

[Russ Lewis Silver Member Posts: 2737]

Re: Hanging Out

Reply #5 on: September 17, 2022 at 9:57 am

By the way, that poor bird has something stuck in her beak. I shot another picture of her this morning. I’m afraid there’s a fishing hook involved. Wish I could solve her problem, but there’s no way.

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