Yellow-billed Spoon
I love watching spoonbills feed, sifting from side to side. Sunday night this bird was wary as it had just flown into a new spot and wouldn't feed, but it was more at home yesterday morning.
The black details on the face and plume are very fine. The silly thing was that I had been having trouble getting a good egret shot (see a couple of posts back), and when I then tried to get the spoonbill, the egret wouldn't get out of the frame!
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A great action shot! Love the long feathers on this bird! Like a rug!
ReplyDeletesuch a cool bird. :)
ReplyDeletethanks for coming by! :)
interestingn one; great shot!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a cool bird! Great shot! Wishing you the best in 2013, Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIt looks similar to our Roseate Spoonbills which are rose colored.
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Nice photo of the Spoonbill - so did you photograph the egret as well?
ReplyDeleteSpoonbills are great birds to watch - I still find it remarkable that I can see them in the wild!
ReplyDeleteCheers and thanks for linking to WBW.
Stewart M - Melbourne
Oh m gosh he's great! We have roseate spoonbills here (in Florida), but I think yours is at least as spectacular == his bill looks even longer. I have to do a little scrolling around on your lovely blog to try to figure out where you are.
ReplyDeleteGreat find!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year ;-)
Céline & Philippe
That's funny about the egret. Good shot of the spoonpiper.
ReplyDeleteNice photo of the spoonbill
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