Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill. Canon R5, 400mm, handheld, 1/800 @ f8, ISO 1600

Yellowstone’s been open for a few days now and as I write this (Monday afternoon), it’s snowing quite heavily outside. I don’t have any photos yet from Yellowstone but I had planned on posting a final, for now, image from Florida and wanted to share one of my favorite wading birds. Roseate Spoonbills are quite beautiful in their pink plumage. Their heads are bald and their pink color along with their flat, spoon-shaped bill makes them quite unique. I consider myself lucky to see them when I do and even luckier to have a chance to photograph one.

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