Extremely rare bird sighted.

[Saorsa]

The Fish-faced Anhinga.

It's unique appearance gives it the edge while hunting underwater.

[Saorsa]

Well, actually, it was just having a bit of trouble with the flip.

[Urbanflyer]

Love it!! What fun!

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured.

[Dave A]

Good one. Timing is everything.......sometimes.

Dave

[Tony M]

I needed the second photo to understand the first one. That was a timely capture.

[Saorsa]

I needed the second photo to understand the first one. That was a timely capture.

Here is another.


This bird was pretty far out on the pond and I was basically just using my 200-500mm to watch the action. The trigger finger couldn't help but keep in practice. I don't think I can do much with these for competition but thought the fish face was funny. From a naturalists perspective they show the Anhinga fishing technique. In this case it caught a bigger fish than usual and was having a bit of trouble getting into a good position.

Smaller fish are a lot easier to handle.

[Rita]

Oh these are fun, especially the first capture. Well timed.

[AG64]

Great capture! That's a pretty impressive sized fish to put down in a single gulp.

[JBW]

well done

[rpcrowe]

Great capture! That's a pretty impressive sized fish to put down in a single gulp.

That is especially true when gulping down a finned fish. Wrong way down could cause some serious problems.

Nice captures...

[IzzieK]

Brian...you should actually submit these shots to the Wildlife Comedy Photos competition...they are really good.

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/

[Saorsa]

Brian...you should actually submit these shots to the Wildlife Comedy Photos competition...they are really good.

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/

I didn't know there was such a competition. I followed your link and it's closed now but I have a couple of other shots too.

[IzzieK]

I didn't know there was such a competition. I followed your link and it's closed now but I have a couple of other shots too.

Sorry...it was fun though. Perhaps it is something to watch out for next time. I had enjoyed so much beauties you had uploaded since I joined this forum.

[Saorsa]

Sorry...it was fun though. Perhaps it is something to watch out for next time. I had enjoyed so much beauties you had uploaded since I joined this forum.

Thank you, no need to apologize.

I put my email on their contact page so perhaps I will see the next announcement.

[RandyRFJP]

Great work, Brian. Thanks for posting the photos.