These charming pink birds are Roseate Spoonbills at the watering hole in LongLeaf today. This is so exciting because we never see Roseates in my part of Florida, usually they stay further south. These must be young 'uns because they still have feathers on their heads.
Spoonbills are large wading birds with pink plumage and spatulate beaks. Almost hunted into extinction because of their beautiful pale pink and deep pink feathers that the ladies liked to wear on their hats and fans; what no-one realized at the time was the feather color fades rapidly.
In the 1930's in Florida, there were only approximately 40 breeding pairs; now we have over a 1,000.
Maybe these guys are moving to our area....wonder what kind of housing I could find them.
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