It’s not often you can get this close to a roseate spoonbill. These were taken at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa recently. These spoonbills are residents at the aquarium and live in a big aviary that you walk through. They are acclimated to people coming through and watching them live their lives. Feeding, fighting and napping all day long. It’s like the spoonbill version of “The Truman Show” movie. Most of these spoonbills have some type of injury. It was fun to watch people see them for the first time and gasp at how pretty they are.
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Sounds like a great place to visit …and your portraits are beautiful! I can imagine all the oohs and aahs! They are such beauties.
Wow! Stunning closeups! Such a beautiful bird.
Dinosaurs!!!
Extraordinary captures!