Anhingidae Anhinga anhinga St Marks National Wildlife Refuge Walkulla County Florida

Anhinga – St Marks National Wildlife Refuge

A female Anhinga anhinga displays breeding plumage while perched on a rock in the St Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Walkulla County, Florida.


camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR 400mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 400mm | exposure: f/5.6 – 1/1250th second – ISO 400


Identification confirmation by colleagues:
Jennifer Fee, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – https://www.birdsleuth.org
Stan Kunigelis PhD, Director of Math and Sciences Imaging Center, Lincoln Memorial University
David W. Steadman, Curator of Ornithology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Dr. Jerome Jackson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
Lynn Appleget, Appleget Associates, and Mary Huggins, Wild Birds Unlimited