Posted by "GrrlScientist" on April 28, 2009 tags: Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea (Ajaia) ajaj, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaj, photographed at Tom Bass Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Roseate Spoonbill? Field marks – the pink color of the body coupled with the whitish neck, and the spoon-shaped bill.
Roseate spoonbill. Long legs, pink color of body. But most of all the long, flat bill indicates a roseate spoonbill.
Those are funny birds to watch feed.
Finally one I knew right off and Robyn and Hollie beat me to it. The color and the bill are both give-aways.
Great camera angle. This would be a “‘tocks” shot on Cute Overload.
Shoot, I actually knew one and got beaten to the punch.
This is actually the Texas Inversabird. By some strange freak of evolution, its head is where its tail should be and vice-versa, as you can see in the photo. The ass-backward nature of the bird is why it has become the emblem of the Texas Board of Education.
Healthwise, the bird is obviously in the pink.
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