#Platalea ajaja

[meklarian]

Roseate Spoonbill, in flight (Platalea ajaja) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Titusville, Florida, USA December, 2022

#birds #roseate spoonbills #roseate spoonbill #bif #platalea ajaja #aves

[snototter]

A young roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) takes flight in Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Gainsville, Florida, USA

by Erika Simons

#roseate spoonbill #spoonbills #birds #platalea ajaja #platalea #threskiornithidae #pelecaniformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: florida #wildlife: usa #wildlife: north america

[weirdbabybirds]

Roseate Spoonbill

Sources: Brevard Zoo, Space Coast Daily

#my posts #pelecaniformes #threskiornithidae #platalea #platalea ajaja

[birdblues]

Roseate Spoonbill

#roseate spoonbill #spoonbill #Platalea ajaja #bird #upl

[terranlifeform]

Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) at Green Cay Nature Preserve in Florida, U.S.

Pedro Lastra

#Platalea ajaja #Threskiornithidae #Aves

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea Ajaja), Ambergris Caye

©Aurore Shirley

#aurore shirley #photographer #roseate spoonbill #spoonbill #bird photography #platalea ajaja #ambergris caye #belize #nature

[ketoverkill]

Roseate Spoonbill

had to use up these sticker pack somehow

#sketch #bird #roseate spoonbill #spoonbill #platalea ajaja

[proton-wobbler]

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

"They're losing the other bird tournament and I'm so sad :( I know they may get other submissions but I love them. I love seabirds in general but this was my grandma's favorite and they remind me of her. She painted them a lot" "These guys are some of my favorite new neighbors after moving. I get super excited when I see them in any context"

The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo. Plume hunting in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries almost drove the roseate spoonbill to extinction. The decline and near extinction of birds shot for their feathers is why the US Migratory Bird Act was created in North America, making it illegal to harm any non-game bird species in any stage of their life.

Roseate spoonbills are often trailed by egrets when foraging in a commensal "beater-follower" relationship, as the spoonbill's disturbance of the sediment makes prey more available to the follower.

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Image Sources: eBird (Darren Clark)

#in memoriam (joke) #North American birds #american birds #Platalea ajaja #roseate spoonbill #threskiornithidae #pelecaniformes #South American birds

[aquilathefighter]

Do you have any favorite birds?

Ohhhh man this question is so hard!!!!! I love so many birds that it's hard to pick. Here's a few of the ones I'm always thrilled to see:

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

These guys use their spoon-shaped bills to filter-feed on microorganisms in the water! Just like the much-loved species of flamingo, their pink coloration is derived from their diet of crustaceans and other invertebrates!

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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Much like their name implies, ruddy turnstones turn over rocks along the shores to find invertebrates to feed on! Their breeding plumage is just gorgeous.

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Aaaand since I do call myself a passerine ornithologist, I better toss in a songbird lest they come to take my credentials away!

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

My first venture into field research was with these, frankly, huge warblers. They're much larger than the other members of their family (Parulidae) and dwell on the ground far more often than some of their relatives! They get their name from the shape of their nests, which look like little pizza ovens!

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#aquila answers #birds #pelecaniformes #threskiornithidae #platalea ajaja #charadriiformes #scolopacidae #Arenaria interpres #passeriformes #parulidae #seiurus aurocapilla

[ophiophxgus]

Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

19/04/23, Central Florida.

#Roseate spoonbill #Platalea ajaja #bird #birds #pink #pink birds #wildlife #nature #florida #photography #bird photography

[birdirectory]

roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) by Bruno Sellmer

#platalea ajaja #colhereiro #roseate spoonbill #animal #animal death #bird #death #hurt #snake #upload

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) © John James Audubon

It hatches from bare, distinctive, flat, green, long, loose, much, orange, other, overall, pale, pink, scarlet, shallow, small, and unique eggs.

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[birdblues]

Roseate Spoonbill

#roseate spoonbill #spoonbill #Platalea ajaja #Pelecaniformes #Threskiornithidae #Platalea #bird #upl

[terranlifeform]

Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in Florida, U.S.

Pedro Lastra

#Platalea ajaja #Threskiornithidae #Aves

[helluvatimes]

The Flamboyant Member

A Roseate Spoonbill, a member of the ibis and spoonbill family, balancing gingerly atop a fibreglass tree. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken in a shady corner of the Waterfall Aviary in the former Jurong Bird Park. The exposure was biased 1-2/3 stops darker because of the dark backdrop so that feather details on the brighter part of the bird might be kept.

#photographers on tumblr #bird photography #bird pics #canon eos rp #canon photography #flora fauna #photography tips #Platalea ajaja #roseate spoonbill photos #tamron 16-300mm

[atamagaitai]

roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) by Thiago Weigert

Difícil foi organizar esse pessoal todo pra tirar a foto, mas o amigo do meio ali estava ajudando a orientar! hehehe

#gallinula galeata #galinha-d'água #common gallinule #machetornis rixosa #suiriri-cavaleiro #cattle tyrant #platalea ajaja #colhereiro #roseate spoonbill #animal #bird #multiple bird species #nature #water #upload