Finally, I got a little closer to the Spoonbill! The
old pictures are still here, I
just bounced them back a page to show these first.
The Roseate Spoonbill flew in (while several people exclaimed, "Look, a
Flamingo!), and landed not too far away from these
Black-bellied
Whistling Ducks:
when it suddenly whipped its head over and snapped at the duck on the
right.
It spooned its way through the shallows, as Spoonbills do, nudging up
the bottom to scare up snacks, getting ever closer to the ducks.
The ducks moved off, one to each side, and continued moving out of her
way,
...and this is just an empty spot waiting for a better picture, which I
hope to get eventually.