 | My name is very fitting for me – I use my spoon-shaped beak to fish for my food in the water. I’m a popular bird among bird-watchers because of my bright colors. If you see a pink bird flying overhead, don’t assume it’s a flamingo – it’s probably me! Most Likely Found: In a pond, In the marsh When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Alligator Farm, Circle B Bar Reserve |
I have written 58 posts including a photo of a Roseate Spoonbill
October 17, 2010 - Besides seeing the first American Coots of the season, this morning we saw a juvenile Bald Eagle doing some nice close fly-bys, three Roseate Spoonbills, and plenty of Gray Catbirds and Eastern Phoebes.... I saw a single Roseate Spoonbill a few weeks ago, but it's been a long time since…... Read more
September 27, 2010 - Then a Roseate Spoonbill flew overhead next to a Wood Stork!... Roseate Spoonbill Out on Wading Bird Way, we saw a flock of at least a hundred birds out in the distant water.... Species list: Anhinga, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher (heard), Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Boat-Tailed Grackle, Cardinal, Common…... Read more
June 11, 2010 - Augustine Alligator Farm's bird rookery had a record-breaking four Roseate Spoonbill nests this spring. Two sets of chicks hatched a few weeks ago, but they are not visible from the boardwalk.... Baby Roseate Spoonbill Dyeyo and I watched and waited for the babies to wake up, and we were rewarded…... Read more
May 8, 2010 - After hearing about all the roosting roseate spoonbills at the St.... Tri-colored heron chick There were many roseate spoonbills roosting in the rookery. Supposedly there are at least three nests with eggs, but we couldn't find them. One of the photographers with the really fancy lenses told me that the…... Read more
February 7, 2010 - Palm Warbler There were several roseate spoonbills at Circle B today. We see so many neat birds here, that I forget that some of these birds are pretty rare. It's fun to see them up close. This one doesn't have the same dark brilliant colors as the spoonies that I…... Read more
January 31, 2010 - Roseate spoonbill There were tons of laughing gulls on Wading Bird Way. This one caught a big fish, then all his buddies ran after him and tried to steal it. Go catch your own fish, silly birds!... Read more
December 23, 2009 - Great Egret (and poor fish) The Heron Hideout wasn't as busy as our last visit, but we did see a bunch of herons, and this roseate spoonbill.... Roseate spoonbill There are so many anhingas at this reserve! The line, "Hey, there's an anhinga displaying!" has almost gotten to be a…... Read more
November 8, 2009 - Tri-colored heron Mixed in with the white ibises and great egrets were a bunch of roseate spoonbills. I'd never seen a spoonbill before, and their bills really do look like spoons! It was fun to watch them fishing.... Roseate spoonbill Rich and I saw an eagle flying over the highway…... Read more