Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
Many thanks to new birding friend, Ed, who showed me a location in the Big Cypress National Preserve where he had seen Roseate Spoonbills a few times. With it being early afternoon, we didn’t expect them to be there; but lo and behold, there were more than a dozen of those pinkalicious Rosies!
Roseate Spoonbills
Oh my, I took a lot of photos. With their distance and the high bright sun, I struggled some but felt real pleased with this photo series of a juvenile Roseate Spoonbill coming in for a landing.
Roseate Spoonbill in flight (juvenile)
Ahhhhh……those gorgeous pink wings!
Ooh beautiful! Excellent photos Donna. ☺️😎
Thank you, John! 🙂
Onhhhh. 😀😀😀. Ya got em 👏👏👏. Very nice too. Congrats.
Thank you, Ted! Oh, but at a distance…..
I’m going to head up to Corkscrew in another week, get closer to these beauties!! (You did say Corkscrew, right?)
Corkscrew is a ‘maybe’ for Spoonbills, everything should be good. Spoonies are Merrit Island for sure. Ding Darling too.
Okay! I’m working Ding Darling into my schedule too. Now maybe Merritt too. Thanks Ted. 🙂
Ding Darling has Reddish Egrets too 😀
YES!!
Oops, I misspoke about fitting in Merritt Island, it’s too far, I was thinking much closer. Another year, another adventure! 👍 🙂
We were at Merritt Island a couple of weeks ago. Black Point Drive was still open. It was very dry. Most of the wetlands were dry. There were not many birds. Maybe with the rains, it’s better now.
We’re not in Florida any longer….. 😦
I’ll look forward to see birds when you get out again. 😊
The water levels have been up and down all spring along the Lowcountry too. Lucky for us many of the marshes still have the old rice field dikes and water trunks to work the flow with the tides.
I had never seen black point drive that dry ever. We make the trip a couple times a year.
Pinkalicious indeed, Donna. And very high on my wish list of wanna-see birds. Your photos of the wings in flight are marvelous.
Thank you, Tanja! It was exciting to see these beauties. They were at the top of my list to see this winter. 😊
I’m so glad you found them, Donna.
Amazing captures I can feel the happy dance from here! Happy 😊
Thank you, Gunta! 💃💃💃 😊
Those wings are an amazing pink, and you have captured them so well, with the sun shining through the feathers! they look so soft, too. I clicked on the last image, and that is a good one with landing pose andlight on his face, too. Fantastic! I hope you get to see them again. This location has been a goldmine for birding. I love meeting other birders who know their stuff and are willing to show you the good spots.
Thank you, Jane! I have been having an amazing time with all the birds, my folders are overflowing. I’ve met a few people and picked up a few locations that I wouldn’t have probably known/found myself without their tip. It is awesome getting info….AND passing on mine! 🙂
Beautiful shots Donna, especially the way the light is captured in the wings.
Thank you, Ashley! They were quite exciting to see, I had previously only been able to find one here or there, at a far far distance, or way up in the sky. This was a happy time! 🙂
Very pinkalicious .. love these photos 🙂
Thank you, Liz! 😊
Stunning!
Thank you, Cindy!
Gorgeous birds, nice shots Donna.
Thanks, Brian!
WOWZA!! I’ve only seen them in captivity. How awesome you’ve seen them in the wild! The incoming flight images are wonderful especially the last one with the backlit wings.
Thank you, Deborah! The spoonbills don’t favor the Everglades and Big Cypress like they do the sandy coastlines of Florida, so it was a thrill to see them foraging in Big Cypress!
Donna, these are gorgeous! Oh my, you must have been in seventh heaven!
Thank you, Susan, I was! 😊
Such gorgeous captures, Donna! 😁
Thank you, Irene! 😊
What terrific birds and photos 😊
Thank you, Belinda! 😊
Very Nice Donna! Very colorful! They definitely are fun to photograph!
Thank you, Reed! I need to get some Rosies closer to get some captures like your last post!
I can hear those wide wings flapping! Aren’t they incredible?
What a great turn on! Thanks Ed, thanks Donna, thanks Spoonbills
I was amazed, and I know smiling the whole time watching/photographing them, how can you not be happy around pink birds?!!! 🙂 Thank you, Eddie!
Really gorgeous…lovely pink! Excellent photographs, Donna!
Thank you, Indira! 🙂
So beautiful, Donna. Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous photos.💖
Thank you, Imorgana, and you’re most welcome! 😍
Omg this is so beautiful
Thank you!
Your welcome
Pinkalicious, indeed! ❤
Thank you, Eliza!
Oh my goodness. How pretty they are. I love those spoon bills. They look like they should quack. LOL! They could pass for Flamingo cousins.
Thank you, Vic! Loud quacks they’d be! 😉 I actually saw one snapping its spoonbill rapidly at another, chasing it, sounded pretty cool. 🙂
What a very nice series of photographs, Donna! Now we’re all feeling “in the pink” for a brand new week.
Aren’t they gorgeous? (And addictive …)
Thank you, Wally! If they’d stay put in one area every day near me, I’d be there every day! ha ha Yes addictive! 🙂
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Glorious!!! Glad you saw so many together… and so close. What a joy!
It was pure joy for sure! They’ve since disappeared from that general area but I still keep looking for them. 🙂
I love to watch them feed. Awesome photos as always. 🥰
Thank you, Lisa! 😊