This is a photo of a Roseate Spoonbill flying over its Rookery. The Roseate Spoonbills were gathering sticks for nests and establishing nesting territories! The island had many yellow Sunflowers on it, which made for some beautiful backgrounds!! Thanks for looking and we will see everyone after the Holiday weekend!

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Roseate Spoonbill - (Platalea ajaja)

Located @ a South Central Louisiana Rookery

We're trying to urge on an early Spring here in South LA.

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Spoonbill at Sydney's Taronga Zoo

A roseate spoonbill pauses as it searches for food.

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Roseate Spoonbill - (Platalea ajaja)

This girl was so proud to pose for her portrait.

Located @ a South Central Louisiana Rookery

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Here's wishing everyone a very special Memorial Day Holiday & a great new week ahead !

Roseate Spoonbill attempts a crossing under the rookery while being on the lookout for the big ole Gator that lurks there.

Thank Y'all for takin' a look today.............

Wishing everyone a great start to your new week.

Poeple living with a chronic illness often refer to ourselves as spoonies. Always good to have some extras and they may as well be fancy :)

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Angel Wing Landing It's nesting season for our Roseate Spoonbills here in southern Florida. This lovely "spoonie" was coming along the bank of the water to search for sticks for its nest. They tend to do this in the early morning, heading off presumably to feed during the day. They are contact feeders, swishing their spoon like bill in the shallow water, snapping shut upon contact. I have no idea how they are able to tell an edible from a non-edible bit that may be floating in the water, but they seem to have no difficulty. (Platalea ajaja)

For those nonphotographers out there, photographers can be a real bore: "Look at that light!" Heard that recently? If not, you haven't been around photographers very much. What appeals to me about this image is the isolation on the Spoonbill by the light and how it hits, not directly, but primarily from above and behind the bird, lighting up its wings nicely. To me, it's the lighting that makes this image much more than just the subject. Hey, check out that light! (Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja)

This Roseate Spoonbill flew very close to where I was positioned and gave me this nice pose as it was bringing nesting material home. The close proximity and an aperture of 2.8 gave me a nice out of focus background separating the spoonie from it's environment but still giving it a sense of place. OK, I like it. Spoonbills, like flamingoes, derive their wonderful pink color from their diet. I wonder why that doesn't work with us?

For those who don't look on Flickr, where the settings are always displayed, this was shot with a Sony 400mm f/2.8, 1/2000 second and an ISO of 1600, full frame. Spoonbills seem to be doing well in my unscientific observation, as they are frequently found in many more places than my fading memory recalls. Good news for everyone! (Platalea ajaja)

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Spotted in one of the holding basins of the Old Main Drain on this day in 2019.

Di's Mum has come through surgery well. We now await the results of scans and tests over the next few days.

Roseate Spoonbill spotted at a Rookery in South Central Louisiana.

Unfortunately, the recent hurricanes of 2020 have pummeled the area and our "go-to" spot has been severely affected.

The "Little" Rookery there that was so accessible for these kinds of photographs has very few inhabitants now due to the lack of support structures & trees.........Guess I'll have to seek out another similar spot.....

Thanks for all the views, comments, & feedback.......as it's very much appreciated.

Have a great Thursday !

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

From four years ago today.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

From a visit to Jawbone Marine Reserve a couple of years ago.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

This is the "chased" roseate spoonbill from the prior image. It turned and flew across the pond right at me! Amazing opportunity.

Photographed at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida, USA.

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A Roseate Spoonbill high in a tree in Tampa, Florida, USA.

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Caught this just as the Roseate Spoonbill was coming in for the night at Green Cay.

Spoonie flyover at a popular wetlands area in Florida

Had to laugh when this Spoonie got into a 'duck' position. Had never seen one do that before.

Part of many bird species' preening routine is the wing flap. In the case of Roseate Spoonbills, it's a pretty spectacular display.

A Black-crowned Night Heron makes an appearance in the background.

This shot was taken at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Not much chance to get out at the moment so another look at the Spoonie at Skeleton Creek last Friday. I won't have a lot of time over the next month or so, Di is having surgery next week and will have a six week, minimum, recovery period.

The male Roseate Spoonbill photo-bomber was pushing the other male out of its floating log.

I was about to leave for the morning. Five minutes before that so-called deadline, a roseate spoonbill flies past. This is more common than not. I very often get my best shots just before I leave. Gotta love it.

Photograph taken at John Chesnut Senior Park, Palm Harbor, Florida.

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This Roseate Spoonbill ( Platalea ajaja ) put on quite the show in the hopes of luring a mate for the breeding season.

They eat shrimp....shrimp eat algae....and the algae make their own red and yellow pigments, called carotenoids.

Some scientists believe that the pink coloration that roseate spoonbills acquire as they mature is due to their diet of carotenoid-rich organisms like shrimp. The more they eat, the pinker they get.

Flamingos are close relatives of the roseate spoonbill.

Folks travel from miles away to see these beautiful birds....

I've even heard some of them refer to these as...."Pink Egrets"

Thank Y'all for stopping by for a peak at the pink.....

Your comments are appreciated..... & give me great entertainment......

Have a great Sunday ! ;-)

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Portrait of a Spoonie

Roseate Spoonbill coming right at me from across the pond. It had been chased out by another spoonbill that wanted its spot.

Photographed at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida, USA.

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The countdown has begun! We are starting to get ready for our upcoming Florida trip - this time with our new puppy in tow. Looking forward to seeing the whole cast of bird characters we don't get to see here in Colorado, like this beautiful roseate spoonbill. And all those babies, too!

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A roseate spoonbill fly by returning from feeding grounds in south central Louisiana.

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

This Spoonie must have been somewhere in the western section of the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands, I hadn't spotted it. Suddenly it appeared overhead, did a couple of circles and then landed behind the reeds again.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Roseate Spoonbill

The “spoonies” are started to show up and beginning to show their breeding colors. They are one of our flashiest birds and also entertaining to observe. They frequent shallow waters, swishing their bill around until it makes contact with a small fish or other prey, which they deftly manage to quickly toss up and into their gullet. Their rookeries are surrounded by alligator infested water. It’s my thought (biologists feel free to chime in) that although the gators may take an occasion bird, they serve the more important function of keeping furry predators off the rookery where they could wreak havoc. Thus, the gators are both predator and guard. A toothy babysitter if I’ve ever seen one! (Platalea ajaja) (Sony a1M2, 200-600 lens @ 391mm, 1/4000 second, f/6.3, ISO 640)

Roseate Spoonbill w/ nesting materials

Indian River County, FL

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Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Having not seen a Yellow-billed Spoonie for some time then seeing one at Skeleton Creek recently I spotted another at Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands this morning.

For locals, the Little Grassbird is still in the clump of trees to the left of the boardwalk as you come through the gate on the northern end. Very vocal but I have not seen it yet.

Photographed at Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

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Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Another look at the 'Spoonie' at Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands during the week.

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Continuing my coastal Texas birding series with this Roseate Spoonbill flyby.

South Padre Island Birding And Nature Center.

Todays Photo Walk : Beautiful Spoonie in that Light...

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