As I was driving down my street on the way to the grocery store early one morning I saw something interesting in one of ponds near my house. A roseate spoonbill was in the pond. I slowed down and realized there was also some black bellied whistling ducks right on the bank of the pond. I was so glad I had left my camera in the car from the day before. I pulled over and got out but stayed next to the car. The groceries were going to have to wait.

The whistlers were juveniles, almost fully grown. Their beaks were not fully pink yet. I wondered if these were the babies I had seen earlier this summer farther down the street. I hadn’t seen them again since that day when they were tiny babies.

I then noticed there were more spoonbills with a few ibis thrown in.

They were all hanging out together. There was only one adult whistler with the bright pink beak. I counted 9 young ones.

I’ve never seen this many spoonbills together in the neighborhood. Usually 2-3 at the most. After snapping a ton of pictures I finally made my way to the store.

A few days later I was leaving to run errands and I saw the eagle couple from the back of the neighborhood.

I drove around to the front of the neighborhood and the other eagle couple were sitting on their nest tower. It was great to see them together and on the nest. I think they are on eggs now so if all goes well there will be babies soon.