
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight

by Dawn Currie
Title
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Roseate Spoonbill flying towards the rookery at T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area near Fellsmere, Florida.
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Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja): The Spoonbill's bright pink coloring leads many Florida tourists to think they have seen a flamingo, but take a closer look and you'll notice an unusually shaped bill that makes this wading bird quite distinctive. The Roseate Spoonbill uses its odd bill to strain small food items out of the water. They feeds while wading in shallow water, sweeping their bill back and forth. Sensitive nerve endings snap bill shut when prey is found.
Resident in southern Florida, throughout the Caribbean, and along the Pacific Coast of Mexico south and along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Yucatan Peninsula. Preferred habitats include mangroves, saltwater lagoons, and large, shallow lakes.
I enjoy watching and photographing these birds in my favorite Brevard County birding locations including Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near Titusville Florida, the TM Goodwin Waterfowl Management are near Fellsmere Florida, and the Click Ponds of Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands near Viera Florida.
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June 30th, 2014
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Comments (98)

Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Dawn – your red or pink nature scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2021 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.

Toni Hopper
Congratulations on your image earning a feature in Women Photographers group. You may add it to the February Features discussion. Thanks for being a participating member.

Morris Finkelstein
Stunning flight photograph of a Roseate Spoonbill with great timing, colors, clarity, and composition, Dawn! F/L

Bill And Deb Hayes
Excellent in-flight capture Dawn of this incredibly beautiful Roseate Spoonbill. We haven't had the pleasure of photographing one of these birds yet but really looking forward to it. VERY well done. Bill and Deb Hayes