RiversideBryan

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male and female? 🤔

the character on the right, drying their wings is a regular at this pond ... the character with colorful makeup on the left first appeared yesterday



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@bencardoen@pixelfed.de

These look like cormorants, but not quite? Can you share the species?

RiversideBryan

These are Anhingas 😁

@bencardoen@pixelfed.de

Thanks, did a bit of quick reading and in terms of behavior (drying wings on branches before flying) and shape they're quite similar, but don't seem to be related in terms of evolution.