While heading up the waterway just before the Haulover Bridge Canal, something caught our eye.
I jumped up and grabbed the binoculars. It was indeed a pink bird. The only pink birds I know of are flamingoes. And I have never seen them in the wild, only in a zoo. So just what kind of bird was this???
Turns out they were Roseate Spoonbills!! And not just one or two that had secretly escaped from a zoo. There were lots of them on two tiny islands!! At first I thought they were flamingoes, a common Florida tourist mistake. In fact I wrote that they were flamingoes. Guess that puts me in the total Florida Tourist category. But thanks to a comment you can read below, I learned something new today!!!
Looking at the length of the bill, I think that it is probably a roseate spoonbill (side profile doesn't really show the spoon). BTW, I am not an expert...just nosy!!! :-) Blessings to you both!!
Hi Farley,
A roseate spoonbill. I am NO bird expert. After googling a roseate spoonbill ('cause honestly I had never heard of one), I think you are quite right!!! I stand corrected!! Thanks for letting me know and educating me!
Debbie
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