Red Eye Beauty
by Deborah Benoit
Title
Red Eye Beauty
Artist
Deborah Benoit
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Photograph - Original Photography By Deborah Benoit
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The Anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.
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It is a cormorant-like bird with an average body length of 85 cm (33 in), a wingspan of 117 cm (46 in), and a mass of up to 1.35 kg (3.0 lb). It is a dark-plumaged piscivore with a very long neck, and often swims with only the neck above water. When swimming in this style the name snakebird is apparent, since only the colored neck appears above water the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
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The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (A. rufa), and Australian (A. novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fishes and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.
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August 13th, 2014
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HH Photography of Florida
Congratulations Deborah! Your outstanding work is being featured in our group, Florida Water Birds-Shore Birds.
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Oh so beautiful Deborah, just love all your art. always so pleasant my friend Sherri fl
Lois Bryan
Outstanding, outstanding!!!!! Fabulous capture of the light in just the right places ... LOVE the positioning / crop ... wow and WOW ... l/f and a tweet!!!