Both the cormorant and the anhinga do not have fully waterproof feathers, but are considered "wettable." Despite this similarity, both birds are adapted to fish in a different manner. After feeding, ...

Cormorants also have shorter tails, and lack silvery wing patches. A male anhinga has dark black feathers with a some silverish-white feathers on his wings. During breeding season, the male’s ...

Anhingas differ from most water birds in that they don’t have oil glands to waterproof their feathers. Unlike ducks that can dive under water and return to the surface, the anhinga must air-dry ...

They will be judged on their quality, style and originality. Perched on a wooden post, an anhinga bird twists its long, slender neck to preen and clean its feathers. Using a telephoto lens to isolate ...

But her binoculars focused in on something special: the first confirmed anhinga sighting in Connecticut. Ever. McBride said she determined from the bird's unusually long tail, jet black coloring ...

ATMORE, Alabama -- An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally selling and possessing the feathers of federally protected birds, specifically Anhinga feathers. Alexander D.

Last week, an avid birder was struck by a southern water bird known as the anhinga or “snake bird ... anhingas don’t spread oils on their feathers to make them watertight.