Anhinga Gathering Nest Material

Anhinga Gathering Nest Material

Most of the bigger birds I’ve watched nesting gather sticks off the ground or take easily snapped dead limbs for their nesting materials.

Anhinga Gathering Nest Material
Anhinga Gathering Nest Material

Anhingas prefer live branches.

Anhinga Feet
Anhinga Feet

It may have something to do with their feet and ability to land in live trees.

Anhinga Gathering Nest Material
Anhinga Gathering Nest Material

This fellow wasn’t having much luck and dropped at least one branch in the water below.

Anhinga Gathering Nest Material
Anhinga Gathering Nest Material

He made an empty trip back to the nest but pretty quickly returned to try again.

Anhinga Flying
Anhinga Flying

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 23, 2023

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