This haughty-looking Anhinga, also sometimes known as a Snakebird, seemed to be posing, wings outstretched, last week at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, but posing with an attitude based on this over-the-shoulder glance. I was close enough that only his snake-like neck, his head with the skin around his eye sporting the brilliant blue-green of a male in breeding plumage, and just a portion of the top of his left wing were showing. These large slender water birds are related to Cormorants and, like Cormorants, they stand with wings outstretched to dry their wings. Anhingas were nesting in large numbers in trees in the wetlands along with Wood Storks and Great Blue Herons. I saw one small yellow chick’s head peeking from beneath its mother’s breast feathers one morning but saw no others during the week. Their display with black and white dotted wings outstretched is eye-catching but I love the closeup of just his head and neck, emphasizing why he got his common name, and of course the gorgeous colors surrounding his eye.