Anhinga - The Snake Bird - Largo Botanical Gardens

Well, I have been on hiatus for a month, the day job's been extra busy / crazy.

But birding season has arrived in Florida, so I'm Back...

Over the Memorial day weekend I visited The Largo Botanical Gardens. I'm happy to say the flowers are blooming. The
Ponds are full of Frogs. Everything is growing and beautiful.
All is in order for the return of the Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Night Herons, Blue Herons and the Skimmers from their
winter stomping grounds in the South.

We ran into one of the locals, an Anhinga, The Snake Bird fishing. While walking along the ponds north of the Gardens
proper. We heard a wrestling in the trees, I readied my Camera and this cute Guy climbed the tree to get into the sun to
dry his wings.

I peered thru the trees and caught him looking at me....

Photograph Taken on: 05-25-08 5:29PM
Model: Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera
Shutter Speed: 1/50 Second F-Stop: f5.6 ISO:100
Focal length: 200mm Lens: Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom

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