Spoonbills need water about 8 inches or less. They feed by sifting through the water and bottom mud. Give them that, and they will poke and dig all around and about everywhere.
Roseate Spoonbill, Poking Around
Category Archives: Spoonbill
Young Pink Spoonbill
Young Roseate Spoonbill keeping pretty.
Surprise Visitors
Roseate Spoonbills, visitors at the local swamp rookery.
This is new, and the first time they have stayed around. This swamp is not Spoonbill friendly. The big ponds are too deep for them to feed, the smaller ones dark and weed covered.
Just the other side of the property are their usual feeding places. Shallow open marshes are what they need.
Still it’s nice to see them hanging around.
Spoonbills, Random Collection
This spring has seen plenty of Roseate Spoonbills. I actually still have a few folders to work through.
These photographs were uploaded to the site but not published (a habit of mine). Before they slip down to the black hole I thought to just create a post with them.
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Spoonbills
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Pink, B&W
A change of pace.
Black and White finish in Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
Roseate Spoonbill Fly By
It has been a good year for Spoonbills.
They seem to be growing their population, and have been giving us a break with plenty of opportunities.
Exit Call, Roseate Spoonbill
A Spoonbill giving out ‘the call’.
When one of the flock (bowl) sense it’s time to leave they lean way back and give out a harsh, deep, raspy, call. That’s when you get ready for the in-flight shots.
Now… Spoonbills being who they are this poor guy can wail all he wants. It takes more than a single call to round up a bunch of clowns.
Roseate Spoonbill, Dark Corner
A dark corner, dark metering, a bit of drama.
The camera was setup for shooting Great Egrets. Spot metering seems to work best for me with the white birds. I get more details, less blown out images. Shifting to another subject means changing settings…usually.
I went for the quick shot instead and while a dribbling beak is not real drama the dark backgrounds worked out for me here. Crazy neon birds just make great images.
