Well “funny” is not quite the right word. “Odd” does not quite catch it either. “Weird” is a bit too strong. Maybe “strange”? The Anhinga is a funny bird. It has a neck like a snake, a beak like a saber, wings like an angel, and a body that looks to be covered in fur. What could be more strange? And it gets itself into the oddest contortions. This one was sunning and drying at the edge of the dyke at Viera Wetlands in Florida.

Canon SX50HS. 800mm equivalent field of view. f5.6 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 400. Program with iContrast and Auto Shadow Fill. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity and sharpness.

And for the Sunday Thought: Though this picture was taken in Florida I am currently sitting in a hotel room in Boston at the leading edge of another New England blizzard hoping against hope to be able to get out of Boston after my daughter’s audition at the New England Conservatory this morning. Now that is just as funny as an Anhinga. Just as unlikely in as many ways. I remember feeling really blessed when I pulled up beside the Anhinga for this pic. I need to remember that this morning. God is everywhere all the time…as certainly in the blizzard in Boston as on a dyke at Viera Wetlands with the gift of a close Anhinga. I would like to go into the day with that thought and that feeling. God is. All else simply follows. 🙂