"Large slender, long-tailed waterbird with a long snakelike neck and long, thin, sharply pointed bill. Broad wings often crooked and held out to sides, helping to dry feathers." (Donald & Lillian Stokes's The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, p. 119)

"Uncommon in wooden swamps and on ponds and canals ... (David Allen Sibley's The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, p. 45)

"Uncommon summer resident along the Coastal Prairies and northward through the eastern half of the state. Anhingas are rare to locally uncommon winter residents throughout the South Texas Brush Country and along the Coastal Prairies. They are generally less common and more local inland through the eastern third of the state." (Mark W. Lockwood & Brush Freeman's The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, p. 31)

In flight.

Photo taken with a Nikon D90 using a Nikon 400mm, f/5.6 manual focus, internal focus lens.

August 28, 2015.

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