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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The out-of-place feather on this Roseate Spoonbill is a result of wind, which was fierce the day I took this photo. It's a good thing I was sitting low, in the muck, with the leeches, otherwise the wind would have affected my photography!
Roseate SpoonbillChristmasSt. Johns RiverTosohatchee Wildlife Management AreaPlatalea ajajaFloridaSpoonbillSpatule RoseeEspatula RosadaMarch
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