The sky was a glorious blue when I returned to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm for a second day. The birds were also pleased to have a nice day, and displayed all sorts of contortions going about their morning grooming.
This Spoonbill is starting to show the black stripe behind his eyes of an adult but still has the head feathers of a juvenile. You can also clearly see the orange tail feathers, one more unusual thing about this bird.
1/30/2018, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, St. Augustine, Florida.
Wow! Love the orange tail feathers.
Not an expected color combination, but it works on the Spoonbill!
I missed these as I was having time out from blogging back then. So glad that I’ve just come across them because they’re stupendously gorgeous!
Thanks, Liz! The breeding Spoonbills I saw in Florida were very intensely coloured, compared to the ones we are seeing here.
That’s interesting Ellen!