water turkey

Its plumage is similar in color to that of a wild turkey, and it is sometimes called the water turkey.

Researchers have tested a low-tech solution to the problem of poaching by double-crested cormorants, often called water turkeys. These migratory diving birds winter in the Delta region, where they voraciously feed on channel catfish fingerlings and any other fish they can swallow.

* Although this picture features only an alligator and a fish, cypress swamps are full of wildlife--including black birds, ducks, egrets, herons, water turkeys (anhingas), woodpeckers, snakes, frogs and many different fish.