Darters are closely related to Cormorants but have longer necks & sharply pointed beaks like Herons. They spear rather than catch fish. Also, they are less oily than Cormorants so swim with their bodies completely submerged with only their neck & head sticking out like a swimming snake. The African Snake Darter is aptly named. This remarkable shot was taken by Ian van Romberg (PENTAX PHOTOGRAPHERS SA) On the Berg River, Velddrif, Western Cape. Ian kindly gave permission for me to show his image here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51790648710/ Pentax KS-2  Sigma 170-500 DG @ 450mm Alan C

that's a great catch on two levels :-)  you should invite him to join us :-) ann On 12/31/2021 11:25 AM, Alan C wrote: > Darters are closely related to Cormorants but have longer necks & > sharply pointed beaks like Herons. They spear rather than catch fish. > Also, they are less oily than Cormorants so swim with their bodies > completely submerged with only their neck & head sticking out like a > swimming snake. The African Snake Darter is aptly named. This > remarkable shot was taken by Ian van Romberg (PENTAX PHOTOGRAPHERS SA) > On the Berg River, Velddrif, Western Cape. Ian kindly gave permission > for me to show his image here: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51790648710/ > > Pentax KS-2  Sigma 170-500 DG @ 450mm > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Great action avian photo! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:26 AM Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > Darters are closely related to Cormorants but have longer necks & > sharply pointed beaks like Herons. They spear rather than catch fish. > Also, they are less oily than Cormorants so swim with their bodies > completely submerged with only their neck & head sticking out like a > swimming snake. The African Snake Darter is aptly named. This remarkable > shot was taken by Ian van Romberg (PENTAX PHOTOGRAPHERS SA) On the Berg > River, Velddrif, Western Cape. Ian kindly gave permission for me to show > his image here: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51790648710/ > > Pentax KS-2 Sigma 170-500 DG @ 450mm > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.

Hi Alan. Thank you for the compliment. I hope you don’t mind me joining. Cheers Ian

Welcome, Ian.. I'm the lister who suggested to Alan that you hop onto the list - since you are, after all, a Pentax shooter.. Fabulous capture that he shared... Hope you are pun-tolerant  there is a lot of that  going on on the list. Regards, ann On 1/2/2022 9:10 AM, ianvanr@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Alan. > > Thank you for the compliment. I hope you don’t mind me joining. > > Cheers > > Ian > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Hi Ann and thank you. I’m having some chillaxing time. I suppose I have to formally introduce myself. I’ll make time in the week :) I don’t have a website or blog. It’s been about 5 years since I’ve uploaded on Flickr. I need to start there again. I mostly post on my Facebook page [Ian van Romburgh Photography | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ianvanromburghphotography) Cheers Ian

The more the merrier. On 1/2/2022 9:10 AM, ianvanr@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Alan. > > Thank you for the compliment. I hope you don’t mind me joining. > > Cheers > > Ian > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com