#suliformes

[birdblues]

Anhinga

[herpsandbirds]

Anhingas aka American Darters (Anhinga anhinga), L - male and R - female, in breeding plumage, family Anhingidae, order Suliformes, Southeastern U.S.

Also known as the Snake Bird and the Water Turkey.

photograph by Mark Thomas

[jadafitch]

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

[snototter]

A male anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA by Alan Cressler

[fullfrontalbirds]

Nazca Booby (Sula granti)

© Jonah Benningfield

[nightmare-birds]

Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)

© Simon Tolzmann

[birds--daily]

mayhaps i ask for a sweet little crested cormorant? :>

day 36

today's bird is the double-crested cormorant!

- the insides of their mouths are actually blue!

- cormorants have less preen oil than other birds, so their feathers get wet easier. they often dry them by standing out in the sun with their wings spread (like in my picture :0) )

- double-created cormorants use just about anything to build their nests, including rope, deflated balloons, fishnet, plastic, and parts of dead birds

[flight-freeze-frame]

Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

© 佑淇 陳

[birds-that-screm]

Christmas Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)

© Ting-Wei (廷維) HUNG (洪)

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

Photo source

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Most soaring birds rely on thermals-- updrafts of warm wind-- to keep them airborne. However, the great frigatebird doesn't need to use thermals to glide over the ocean! When entering areas without wind, these birds will intentionally fly into clouds, which contain thermals that can elevate them to an altitude of nearly 4 km (13,000 ft)!

(Image: A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) by Dick Daniels)

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[birdblues]

European Shag

[herpsandbirds]

Brandt’s Cormorant (Urile penicillatus), male in mating colors, family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes, La Jolla, CA, USA

photograph by Hoang-Lien Pham

[ornithological]

great cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo), ireland

[snototter]

A female anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) dries her waterlogged wings in the sun in South Carolina, USA

by Carol Tunnicliffe

[fullfrontalbirds]

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

© Jimmy Enfru