Rock Wren

 The Rock Wren  is a small song bird of the wren family.  They have grey brown upper parts with small black and white spots and pale gray underparts.  Their  rump is a light

 

The Rock Wren is not known to drink water, but instead gets all it needs from its food. 

Even five birds kept in captivity did not drink water when it was available. 

They eat mostly insects and spiders.  

They forages on the ground in dry places and on steep dirt banks and rocky cliffs.  

The male sings to  defend the nesting territory.  The nest is usually in boulders, hole in dirt banks, under a rock ledge, in a crevice in stone building .   The nest is build by both parents, they think, .  Made in a cup of grass , weeds, bark strips, twigs, animal hair  and other debris.  Both parents feed their young.

DesertDale took the photos on one of our bird outings.

Enjoy the posting.  Kitfoxgal

Anhinga

 The "Anhinga" is a southern swampland bird.   They swim and dive sometimes with only their heads above the water.
They go to great heights on warm days.

They  nests in colonies with egrets and other type of birds.  They build their nests in  low trees just above the water.
The female has a buff head and neck, male is mostly black.  They eat mostly fish.  They hunt for fish  under water.
Their nest are build by the female.

We seen these last year on our trip to Florida.  DesertDale took the photos.
Kitfoxgal