The Anhinga is sometimes called the snake bird, not, surprisingly, because it feeds on snakes (it does not), but because it contorts its long and highly mobile neck into such snake-like postures. It seems that no contortion is too extreme. This bird is, of course, facing the other way. That is the bird’s back we are looking at. I can not even begin to imagine how it got its head around there. It looks to me like it might hurt. 🙂 While this female appears to be in full breeding plumage, it still lacks the bright green eye shadow it will sport in January when the season really comes on.

Canon SX50HS. Program with auto iContrast and Shadow Fill. 1800mm equivalent field of view (1200mm optical plus 1.5x digital tel-converter). f6.5 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 640. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.