A Yearly Visit by an Anhinga Bird

An Anhinga bird is affectionately called the Snake Bird because of how it swims in the water.  The bird is the size of a heron but the body in the water looks like a snake.  The bird has beautiful markings and a long black neck.  Every year an Anhinga visits our pond in the winter.  It is a coastal marsh bird but moves inland during the winter months.  Sometimes it stays for several months from January – March.  Other times he is here for a couple of days.  This year he is late.  I saw him for the first time yesterday.  Years ago when he first started coming I painted him on a stump in the water.  It sold soon after that.  Revisiting it again today.  I might have to paint him again.