tags: Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea (Ajaia) ajaj, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea (Ajaia) ajaj, photographed at Arthur Storey Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 December 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Family Guy, S07E02 'I Dream of Jesus':
Peter: Brian, can I see that paper for a sec?
(Brian gives Peter the paper. Peter peruses the paper.)
Peter: Huh... that's odd... I thought that would big news.
In this case, the pink on the wings and pink turning to black on the long legs gives this species away- "ouch!", and with a "noisy" drake in the background it's no wonder the female "flatbill" is hiding her head!
Bilingual puns, cryptic clues, what will we get next!!
Bilingual puns, cryptic clues, what will we get next!! Spoonfed answers?
i am looking for very difficult mystery birds so david can immediately satisfy his desire to ID them without having to wait for the less expert in the crowd to post a few IDs .. perhaps as a christmas present?
oops, sorry Grrl, sometimes I see it all through roseate-tinted glasses and get carried away! (actually, I'll be out of town diving for a few days so you'll get a break from me and my exuberance- and let's hope the "jagged" one, Carcharodon, takes a break too!)
Just a quick note- in 2002 the AOU merged Ajaia into Platalea, the genus for the five other species of spoonbills, so we should now descibe the Roseate Spoonbill as Platalea ajaja.