This series is another example of the Spoonbills inability to stay still in trees.
In the past I’ve compared this to the children’s game ‘King Of The Hill’. They have this uncontrollable need to climb all over branches.
It could be a tree like this, or even a long single branch.
In these shots a poor Cormorant was caught in the middle and watched the nonsense. Eventually he snapped at the pink guys when they got too close. The smaller Snowy Egret just left, a Great Egret ignored them.
Their wingspan looks crazy big! I wasn’t expecting that. Cool.
They’re fairly large birds. Close to the same size as a Great Egret, but long legs. Some younger ones are like a large Snowy Egret, but the grow some before the first mating. I was confused at first too.