Roseate Spoonbill Antics

While I was photographing birds at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm I noticed these 2 Spoonbills, high up on a branch, interacting together. They kept prodding each other and making quite a bit of noise squawking as they were going at it. But it gave me an opportunity to get some interesting photos of them while they were busy. I was using a zoom lens from 350mm to 600mm. Maybe the one just wanted the spot on the branch the other one was standing. After a few minutes it did get the spot on the branch. While I was working on my files I was amazed at the detail of the images from the Canon R. Especially the fine feather details and the clean look of the files.

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6 Comments on “Roseate Spoonbill Antics”

Eliza Waters
June 9, 2019

Nice shots, Reed. They are comical characters, aren’t they?!

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- Reed Andariese
  June 14, 2019
  
  Yes! They are fun to watch their antics!
  
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belindagroverphotography
June 9, 2019

New king of the castle😊. Excellent colour and detail.

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- Reed Andariese
  June 14, 2019
  
  Thanks Belinda! They are comical in the way they react to each other!
  
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Steve Schwartzman
June 10, 2019

Love that pink against the sky blue.

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- Reed Andariese
  June 14, 2019
  
  Thanks Steve! They do stand out in a crowd of other birds!
  
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