Ungainly Flight is a photograph by Norman Johnson which was uploaded on May 22nd, 2016.
Ungainly Flight
A roseatte spoonbill flies over a fish farm in Ruskin, Florida on a morning in late April, after being disturbed while feeding in one of the ponds.... more
Title
Ungainly Flight
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A roseatte spoonbill flies over a fish farm in Ruskin, Florida on a morning in late April, after being disturbed while feeding in one of the ponds. The spoonbill and a small flock of white ibis had been feeding together. The roseate spoonbill (platalea ajaja), essentially a neotropical bird, is a resident breeder in South America, mostly east of the Andes, and in coastal regions of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, the Gulf Coast of the United States through Florida up to central Florida on the Atlantic coast. Of the six species of spoonbills, it is the only one found in the New World and the only one whose head becomes completely bald as it ages.
The spoonbill walks slowly through fresh and coastal waters swinging its bill from side to side in the shallow water searching for the crustaceans, insects, frogs, newts and very small fish that it feeds upon. Its sensitive spoon shaped bill makes it easy to even sift through muddy water in its search for prey.
Its pink coloring, like the flamingos, is derived from the crustaceans it eats.
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May 22nd, 2016
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Comments (8)
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it Scott Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal Waterbirds-Shorebirds"!
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm really glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Coastal Waterbirds-Shorebirds."
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