In case you are tired of Halloween posts, figured it would be a good time to throw in something different. Don’t get me wrong, you have more posts coming about our Halloween Haunted Trail than examples of corrupt establishment career politicians coming out of Wikileaks on a daily basis – well, maybe not that many, but I had no idea how bad our representatives had become. To help temper my disgust on this topic, let’s focus on a topic that always brings a smile to my face – a new check mark in my North American Birding List!
This fine specimen is what they call a Roseate Spoonbill. I led with this image because it can be a bit deceptive when viewed from this angle. If you are not familiar with this particular bird, you might not suspect that it has Spoonbill in its name. In fact you might just think it was a Flamingo that saved up enough money to get that giant curve taken out of its bill. Now, if you were to see it from a different angle, you would have no problem in the identification process. An angle more like this one would definitely do the trick.
Now that is a schnoz. For some strange reason I have an affinity for this pink hued beauty – not sure why, maybe it’s the cool feet hehehe. This particular Spoonbill was shot on the Texas cost in Galveston. We took a birding trip down there back in November to capture the very rare Whooping Crane in the wild (link here).
Hit the jump to see a read a bit more about the Roseate.
