Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga - NatureWorks

The anhinga is a large bird that is about three feet in length. It has a a long S-shaped neck and a long pointed bill. It has large wings with silver-white feathers on the top side. The male has grayish-black feathers with a greenish shine to them. The female has a tan head, neck, and chest, and a black stomach. Both the male and the female have long, fan-shaped tail feathers. When the anhinga is...

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Mystery Solved: Invasive Berries to Blame for Turning ...

In 1843, as John James Audubon made his way up the Missouri River to Yellowstone, he came upon a group of woodpeckers "which I think will puzzle all the naturalists in the world," he wrote. The five birds, all Northern Flickers, varied dramatically in color--some had flight feathers adorned with yellow, others with red, and still others landed somewhere in between.

He didn't know it at the time,...

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Date: 2017-04-03 09:32:53
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