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Sunday, March 9, 2025

BELTED KINGFISHER, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025






PALM WARBLER, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025



 

SNOWY EGRETS IN FLIGHT & ON LAND, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025








GREAT BLUE HERONS AT THEIR NESTS, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025


 




ADULT ROSEATE SPOONBILL WITH TEASPOONS (CHICKS) IN NEST & NEARBY BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025




 

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS IN FLIGHT, ON STUMP, AT NEST & AT WATERS EDGE, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025










ADULT ROSEATE SPOONBILL WITH 4 TEASPOONS (CHICKS) IN NEST & A SECOND NEST, ORLANDO WETLANDS, CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, 3/5/2025

   Roseate Spoonbill chicks are called Teaspoons because their bills are not fully developed, especially when they are still in the nest, such as those in the photos.

   The nest with the fout chicks is shown in the first four photos.  The last photo shows a different Roseate Spoonbill nest.