Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Bubblegum pink, bald greenish head, spatula for a bill — the Roseate Spoonbill hunts Gulf Coast and Florida wetlands by sweeping that spoon-shaped bill through shallow water, snapping shut on shrimp and fish by touch alone. That vivid pink isn't decoration. It's diet.

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