"The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds. The bird floats low in the water such that only the head and neck are above the water level, looking like a snake moving in water therefore refers as snakebirds. It moves its head when it becomes nervous, which makes it's neck move like a snake. It mostly eats fish. It stabs fish with its very pointy beak while underwater. This bird is often seen sitting on rocks or perched on over hanging branches holding its wings out to dry. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.
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