roseate spoonbill

No other bird has a similar bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Roseate Spoonbill is found along the south Florida coast from the Florida Keys north to Tampa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Their numbers were severely depleted by plume hunters around 1940

 

 

 

 

to make ladies fans,

 

 

 

 

 

but with preservation laws

and places like Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

 

 

 

populations have increased once again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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