Roseate Spoonbill
The Roseate Spoonbill, for the most part, makes it's home in the Caribbean and South America. Luckily it also calls the coast of the southeastern states home. Their very bright colors, and that oddly shaped bill, quickly identify this species as something special. And specialized they are in that they feed by swinging that great bill side to side while wading, straining out small animals that most other wading birds ignore.
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Roseate Spoonbills feed by swinging that great bill back and forth through the life-rich water, straining small creatures from the soup. Creatures so small other wading birds won't even bother trying to feed on them. Specialization such as this can be a species demise if conditions change, yet, while the environment meets the animal's needs, such specialization delivers a distinctive advantage to the species. Life is a delicate balance for the Roseate Spoonbill, and many other specialized species on our great planet.
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