Taken from a dike, I was able to walk along with them for a while.
They obviously knew I was there but there was just enough distance for them to be comfortable.
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Walking With Spoonbills
Category Archives: Spoonbill
Spoonbill Conversation
I do like this photograph because it shows some interaction with the Spoonbills. They obviously are paying close attention to the photographer.
Spoonbills are loud, but their squawk is not near as shocking as a Great Blue Heron. However, Great Blues don’t travel in flocks either so you don’t hear several at the same time.
I do love the one on the right ‘conversing’ with me.
Spoonbills, Wide Image
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There were many big pink birds here. I shot as wide and close as I could.
Bowl Of Roseate Spoonbills
This may be one of the nicer photographs of a group of Spoonbills taken this year. It can be difficult to get large groups in focus. The fall marsh background colors worked well too.
What I really like is each bird is facing the camera and doing something, well most are.
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All It Takes Is One, A Series
Just like lining up dominoes, it takes only 1 to move for all the others to follow.
The Egret and Spoonbill were doing fine, but look in the back and you see several Teal’s and Godwit’s making a run. In a flash the Egret had her wings up.
Suddenly a quiet scene becomes chaos.
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The good news, I was standing there shooting it all.
A Morning View In A Marsh
This is a scene I walked up to the other morning. Peaking over the tops of the tall reeds you could see thousands of wading birds feeding. In truth I could hear them long before.
The water around here was lowered the previous day by the Dept. Natural Resources. A temporary draining of marshes helps clean out vegetation. It takes 24 hours for the large birds to start showing up.
Every species I could think of was around the area this last week.
Good Morning Spoonbill
Right about the time this is published I should be standing at this spot. Somewhere around 4 miles back in the marsh, looking for this guy.
Because we are so busy this time of year I try to keep a little ahead with publishing.
Processing / developing is a different story. I am always behind on that work. Two days ago I shot 1,200 photographs of Wood Storks… yeah I am way behind.
With luck the water is low and birds still hungry. If not, well this is my office so how bad can it be !
Spoonbills Finding A Feast
This group was plowing through the water, moving past, and wanting to get some distance between us. One of them discovered something and I was suddenly not all that important.
They did keep watch, but sifting through the shallows was not going to be stopped for some human standing on the dry land.
