Stunning photo of pink spoonbills soaring over a shark wins photo prize

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I am still working on those skills but I have gotten better at photos of birds in flight. At least when it comes to larger birds...

Meanwhile....

Roseate Spoonbills - Spooning for Supper

https://youtu.be/NukHo6V8dhI

Have a good/better/great week! Happy Monday

A group of Roseate Spoonbills flying over the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refugee.
Their bright #pink feathers make them very clear against the white #clouds and blue #sky.
#RoseateSpoonbills gain their pink coloration from eating a certain crustacean containing a pigment. Flamingos gain the color from the same process.
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"Don’t get the wrong idea: #RoseateSpoonbills aren’t failing. Their numbers are better in Florida than they’ve been in decades. They’re just not nesting in Florida Bay, the Everglades’ southernmost point, anymore. The species is undergoing a #RangeShift. "

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https://www.audubon.org/magazine/winter-2022/the-flight-spoonbills-holds-lessons-changing

Roseate spoonbill in flight.

#OrlandoWetlands
#Birds #Birding #BirdsAreBest #BirdsofMastodon

The new boardwalk at the Orlando Wetlands (east of #Orlando #Florida ) is open and the birds are everywhere!

Especially beautiful were the #RoseateSpoonbills and the #AmericanPurpleGallinules