Birds of Big Pine Key
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Tag Archives: Roseate Spoonbills
Birds
The mud seeping through my toes and ankles, the strands of spider webs sticking to my skin, the sweltering heat beating down relentlessly, all remind me that I am alive and that I can walk, see, and breathe. I follow the sounds which lead me to a gold mine of wading birds and for a […]
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Roseate Spoonbills
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Roseate Spoonbills
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Roseate Spoonbills @ the Marsh
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Spoonbill in Flight
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Roseate Spoonbill
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Key Deer and a Spoonbill
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Life in the Glades
The baby anhingas I have been tracking are as big as their parents, difficult for me to distinguish who was who. One baby on the ground seemed as if it was unable to fly back up to the nest. When a bicyclist came by, the father anhinga flew screeching directly at the man, causing him […]
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Roseate Spoonbills
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The Lone Spoonbill
I saw one of the three immature spoonbills at sunrise fishing by itself. Three frolicking Key Does, encouraged by the early light, ran across the marsh and the elusive bird flew away.
Read moreRoseate Spoonbills
The Roseate Spoonbills have either found new territory in the region or migrated South because I have not seen the mother with her three charges since November 5. First the mom disappeared and the three grown babies were left alone for about two weeks. How exactly does the female convey to her offspring that the […]
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