Roseate Spoonbill
by Rebecca Herranen
Title
Roseate Spoonbill
Artist
Rebecca Herranen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Audubon Society describes the Roseate Spoonbill as beautiful from a distance and bizarre when you see them up close. I could not have described them in a better way. The Roseate Spoonbill has the most beautiful pink feathers, but then they have this bald head, somewhat like a vulture and this fantastical flat spoon shaped bill which is why they are called spoonbills.
Spoonbills spend their time hanging out with wading birds. In shallow waters they slowly walk forward, swinging their heads from side to side, sifting through the murky water. On this day the surface of the water was covered with a green algae.
As far as their size, compared to other birds they are amongst the largest. They spend time in fresh, brackish and marine waters, that would include wetlands, swamps, mangroves and bays. Spoonbills nest along the water in the trees, laying 2-3 spotted brown eggs that will hatch in about 23 days. Both parents care for the young who will take flight at about 7-8 weeks.
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December 30th, 2020
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Soraya D'Apuzzo
Congratulations! Your Amazing Artwork has been chosen for the Home Page of SQUARE ART WORLD GROUP. Please add The Artwork in the appropriate section of the threads. Thank you!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is featured in the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the April - June 2024 Feature Archive discussion for additional visibility.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #28 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Jurgen Lorenzen
Nominating this awesome image for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views group, Rebecca!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations on being featured in the My Florida group. Please post this image on the 2024 DAILY "Featured Images" thread in discussions. Please DO NOT open a new thread.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your wonderful work has been featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please make it available for future viewing by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive discussion thread and any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Rebecca!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "SPECIAL FEATURE ARCHIVE DISCUSSION in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art Group. You can do that in the specific "SPECIAL FEATURES NOMINATIONS ONLY- VOL 8” discussion in the Camera Art Group.
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