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Topic Categories: Birding • Education • Mystery Birds • Ornithology • Photography • Teaching
Posted on: April 28, 2009 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
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.
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Roseate Spoonbill? Field marks - the pink color of the body coupled with the whitish neck, and the spoon-shaped bill.
Posted by: Robyn | April 28, 2009 10:59 AM
Roseate spoonbill. Long legs, pink color of body. But most of all the long, flat bill indicates a roseate spoonbill.
Posted by: Hollie | April 28, 2009 11:04 AM
Those are funny birds to watch feed.
Posted by: Russell | April 28, 2009 11:16 AM
Finally one I knew right off and Robyn and Hollie beat me to it. The color and the bill are both give-aways.
Posted by: Apikoros | April 28, 2009 11:51 AM
Great camera angle. This would be a "'tocks" shot on Cute Overload.
Posted by: Quiet Desperation | April 28, 2009 12:03 PM
Shoot, I actually knew one and got beaten to the punch.
Posted by: CyberLizard | April 28, 2009 2:38 PM
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.
Posted by: Ian | April 29, 2009 7:13 AM