Spoonbills can be pushy and snapping their bills like castanets gets loud. For all that I rarely see anything physical happen. However, this must have hurt.

On the old pile of branches one adult wanted the top spot.

When a younger bird didn’t move fast enough he forced the issue.

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Making Him Move, Grabbing His Leg, Spoonbills – click to enlarge

Making Him Move, Grabbing His Leg, Spoonbills – click to enlarge

Making Him Move, Grabbing His Leg, Spoonbills – click to enlarge