Twice this week I observed an Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster perched on an inlet pipe covered with mesh and on which a moorhen nest had been built. I watched the birds spread their wings like cormorants and stretch their long snake-like necks.
Identification source – Gondwananet – Australian Pelicans (and cormorants)
http://www.gondwananet.com/australian-animals-birds-pelicans-cormorants-darters.html
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