Murrells Inlet resident Sandi Blood took this photo of a anhinga drying its wings after a morning of rainstorms.

This dries out their plumage and absorbs heat from the sun, Grinnell said. An anhinga spreads its wings to dry them out after fishing in the waters of Lawton Canal in Sea Pines on Thursday.

James St. John/Flickr An anhinga bird photographed in Sanibel Island in Florida. With dark glossy wings and a neck like a serpent, a tropical anhinga has made Boulder its new perch.

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My personal list of birds found in Colorado being a few shy of 400, I went to find the anhinga someone discovered a few miles north of Louisville in Boulder County. Finding it would put me closer t… ...

Maine residents have been reporting rare sightings of an anhinga, known as the "devil bird." The winged creatures are native to the south regions of the U.S.

Reuben Rohn got a shot of an anhinga flying over Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. Anhingas are related to cormorants. Both birds lack oil glands in their wings and must dry them before taking flight ...

An anhinga managed to get itself into quite a predicament in Satellite Beach, Florida, last Thursday.

Murrells Inlet resident Sandi Blood took this photo of a anhinga drying its wings after a morning of rainstorms.

Murrells Inlet resident Sandi Blood took this photo of a anhinga drying its wings after a morning of rainstorms.