It never fails. We go along looking for a specific animal. and special shot, and it is never quite there.
And then of course when you stop searching it’s everywhere.
Adult resting in a dead tree. ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Roseate Spoonbill
It never fails. We go along looking for a specific animal. and special shot, and it is never quite there.
And then of course when you stop searching it’s everywhere.
Adult resting in a dead tree. ACE Basin, South Carolina.
What a beautiful bird! I have yet to see one in person. Great picture!
They just recently, in the last few years, started breeding in the SC rookeries. Central and South America were their breeding areas, worked north to FL but development seems to have pushed them here. Odd but beautiful 😀
That is odd! I actually only thought they were in the Florida Everglades
There still are some but the water depth has changed. Spoonbills need to fish in 4-8 inches of water. Everglades
locations first went dry, then water rerouted and became too deep. To survive most have moved inland Florida, Georgia marshes, and South Carolina Lowcountry. Audubon Florida has an amazing 25 years worth of hand written notes following Spoonbill. Recently we read and viewed them online.
I didn’t know that. I’m glad that you have some nearby!