Roseate Spoonbill
We recently went on a little expedition out into cajun country, wanting to see a little of the area’s history and some of the swampland as well. Unfortunately, it turns out that most of the National Parks out that way are still not reopened.
We were just about to start heading home when I saw this massive pink bird in a tree at the side of the road. We pulled over and realized there were a couple dozen of them around. Within half an hour I think we saw more wildlife than we would’ve if the Parks had been up and running.
We took lots of photos and later found out they were Roseate Spoonbills, which run about 2.5 feet high with a wingspan of about 4 feet. They are waders and use their bills to poke around in the water and muck…but hopefully not right under where they were, since there were dozens of alligators beneath them.
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