Australasian Darter

 AUSTRALASIAN DARTER Anhinga novachollandiae

I watched this male Australasian Darter sitting on a branch over the Kilmore Hospital reservoir, with a number of other birds, Little Black and Little Pied cormorants. 

They were all sitting in the sun, drying  their wings and enjoying a good look around.

The Darter then began to prance and dance about. I imagined he was showing the smaller birds who was the boss. They turned their heads and watched, without too much  interest, what he was doing.

Nor did he appear to be too interested in them. His  performance seemed to be directed towards a tree a little way over the water.

There she was. A female Darter. She watched him with just a little more interest than the cormorants.

 

What a show-off!