Roseate Spoonbill Gallery

Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and yellow-billed

Great tinamou, Tinamus major (near threatened), and western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Guyard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

USA, Louisiana, Lake Martin. Roseate spoonbill stretches to break off branch for nesting material

USA, Louisiana, Lake Martin. Roseate spoonbill stretches to break off branch for nesting material. Credit as: Arthur Morris / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

© Arthur Morris / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Animal, Art Morris, Arthur Morris, Avian, Bird, Branch, Effort, Fauna, Gathering, Industrious, Instinct, Jaynes Gallery, Lake Martin, Louisiana, Material, Nesting, Plant, Roseate Spoonbill, Spoonbill, Stretches, Tree, Usa

Avian feeding frenzy with a flock of White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) swimming

Avian feeding frenzy with a flock of White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) swimming along a channel chasing school of fish. A mixed flock of long-legged waders, including Great Egrets (Ardea alba) Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula), Roseate Spoonbills (Ajaia ajaja), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), accompanies the pelicans ready to capture any escaping fish, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, January