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Northern Notes

Anhinga Or Cormorant – sharp, pointed beak. Cormorants eat
primarily fish and can eat up to one
How To Tell The Difference pound of fish per day. Anhingas eat fish,
crabs, frogs and other invertebrates.
By Katie Roundtree, They use their pointed beak to stab their
Director of Finance and prey and bring it back to shore to eat.
Administration, Northern Anhingas have longer necks and
Palm Beach County fuller, longer tails than cormorants. The
Improvement District anhinga’s nickname is the water turkey
Have you ever walked due to the size of its tail. Their other
or driven by a lake in the nickname is snake birds since their neck
area and seen a bird sitting is as long and curved as a snake. They
by the side of the lake with can be seen swimming slowly through
their wings outstretched the water with only their necks and head
and wondered what they above the surface. Cormorants are more
were doing? Two types of compact and are powerful swimmers.
birds found in lakes around Palm Beach County display They use their webbed feet to dive deep Anhinga Cormorant
this activity: anhingas and cormorants. These birds with and catch larger fish.
snake-like necks will perch by the water and spread their Their plumage and eyes are also slightly different from they are an anhinga or a cormorant. Remember, “C” for
wings to dry after diving for food. When the anhingas each other. The anhinga is slim with white markings on its a curved beak and wearing basic black is a cormorant,
and cormorants enter the water, their feathers get soaked back, like a coat of light-colored feathers, and blue-green and if it has a sharp, pointed beak, long tail, and wearing
because they don’t possess oil glands like other water to reddish-colored eyes. The cormorant is stockier than a light-colored jacket, it’s the water turkey or anhinga.
birds. However, this allows them to move faster and more the anhinga, with no markings on its back and crystal blue NPDES tip: It is important to never dump any debris,
efficiently through the water. Their feathers soaked with eyes. including but not limited to landscape waste, garbage or
water make them very heavy when they get out of the Finally, the two types of birds vary in how they fly chemicals into a storm sewer inlet. While bulky materials
water. Therefore, they have to stand in the sun with their through the air. Anhingas soar and flap their wings can cause flooding, chemicals and other wastes that are
wings extended to dry themselves in order to fly again. occasionally once their wings are dry. They need a dumped into a storm sewer eventually drain into lakes and
Anhingas and cormorants look similar when spotted taller platform to take off from to soar through the sky. canals, which threaten fish and wildlife and pollute the
from afar. They are both dark in color, either black or dark Cormorants flap their wings the whole time they fly, water. Please check our website for information regarding
brown. They both have long necks and dive to catch fish allowing them to take off more easily from the ground illegal dumping.
for food. However, there are many differences between than anhingas. Photos by Lucas Schaffer,
the two. The first difference is the shape of their beak. Next time you see one of these dark-colored birds Environmental Manager, NPBCID
Cormorants have a curved beak, while anhingas have a with their wings outstretched, try to see if you can tell if

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Invests In

Surgical Robots To Promote Better Outcomes

Palm Beach Gardens of the knee. It can also be performed as a bicompartmental “Incorporating the Mako SmartRobotics and
M ed ical C enter is procedure on both the inner and top portions of the knee. ROSA into our orthopedic program underscores
home to two orthopedic Perhaps the most compelling aspect of Mako Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s dedication to
surgical robots: the Mako SmartRobotics is its potential to treat osteoarthritis at earlier staying at the forefront
SmartRobotics™ and stages. By preserving more of the patient’s natural joint, it of medical technology,”
ROSA robotic surgery aims to restore natural knee or hip motion post-surgery. This Judy Dellosa, orthopedic
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systems. These are is of paramount importance, considering that osteoarthritis service line director, said.
advancing the hospitals is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of “Patients in need of knee
orthopedic service line. disability worldwide, according to the American Academy surgeries can now benefit
Palm Beach Gardens of Orthopaedic Surgeons. from the precision and
Medical Center made In addition to the Mako SmartRobotics, Palm Beach minimally invasive nature
history when it became Gardens Medical Center surgeons can also use another of both of these robotic
the first and only hospital surgical robot called the ROSA. It is specifically designed systems.”
in Palm Beach County to for knee surgeries. For more information
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