High Island, Texas, Sam Oats Rookery, April, 2017
Roseate Spoonbill
The Egrets were ahead of the Spoonbills in nesting and raising chicks. They were still gathering sticks to add to their nests, sitting on the nests to hatch more chicks, and hunting for food to feed the chicks they had. Not sure how many chicks are hatched during a breeding season, but probably not very many of them make it to adults. 😦
The Spoonbills were chasing each other, mating, and vocal. Howard captured the sounds at this amazing place, which I will share in a future post.
A pair
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Sweet
A funny photo, mirror images!
Hunting
Bird Hotel
