The Biker and the Bugger
The Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) & the fly - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Merritt Island, Titusville, Florida
Sorry to say, I can't ID the species of fly.
Maybe next time! LOL
"Biker"?, you say . . .
Well, that's because of the featherless green skin that these guys have on top of their heads, kinda reminds me of the tight fitting black helmets some of my old biker buds used wear. However, Spoonies don't need no stinking goggles, with the spiffy orange nictitating membrane that covers their eyes.
Well that, and how my father painted his Indian motorcycle PINK, after he returned home from WWII.
Capture Notes
(i.e. The full story of this capture).
'Turns out this guy was preening its back feathers and when it abruptly turned forward and shook its head, and I ripped a burst the second it did that. It seems this guy ran into the fly while preening its feathers, and decided to get rid of the fly once and for all by eating it!
This is a rework of the 2019 capture with an open eye and a blue water BG added. Click on Hemet Head for a look at the original (out of the box) closed eye capture.
FYI - I borrowed the open eye from a subsequent capture in the series after he had disposed of the fly. It seems for these guys, their automatic pilot closes their eyes when they capture critters with their bill.
The Biker and the Bugger
The Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) & the fly - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Merritt Island, Titusville, Florida
Sorry to say, I can't ID the species of fly.
Maybe next time! LOL
"Biker"?, you say . . .
Well, that's because of the featherless green skin that these guys have on top of their heads, kinda reminds me of the tight fitting black helmets some of my old biker buds used wear. However, Spoonies don't need no stinking goggles, with the spiffy orange nictitating membrane that covers their eyes.
Well that, and how my father painted his Indian motorcycle PINK, after he returned home from WWII.
Capture Notes
(i.e. The full story of this capture).
'Turns out this guy was preening its back feathers and when it abruptly turned forward and shook its head, and I ripped a burst the second it did that. It seems this guy ran into the fly while preening its feathers, and decided to get rid of the fly once and for all by eating it!
This is a rework of the 2019 capture with an open eye and a blue water BG added. Click on Hemet Head for a look at the original (out of the box) closed eye capture.
FYI - I borrowed the open eye from a subsequent capture in the series after he had disposed of the fly. It seems for these guys, their automatic pilot closes their eyes when they capture critters with their bill.