I had a chance to catch photos of several birds in flight at Ding today, along with some other birds on the ground. We watched a group of Roseate Spoonbills. Some young ones and a couple of older ones with the dark pink and orange feathers. This is one of the younger ones taking off.
The next two photos show the difference in the older bird and the younger ones. In the first photo, the one on the left doesn’t really even have pink legs yet and isn’t bald.
The one on the right below has pink legs, but has lost the hair on his head and still has the lighter pink wings.
The older one was the last to fly. Luckily, he came straight toward me.
So long . . . until next time, old guy!
Our neighbor, Hugh, will have to identify this bird for me. I read that identifying shorebirds is not for the weak (and certainly not for me!). But, he flew toward me and I got a photo!
This Great White Egret did a flyby, but didn’t land.
This Great Blue Heron flew behind me and I almost missed it.
A couple of days ago, we watched the sun come up along with this big bird in our backyard. It’s always amazing to see a 4 ft. tall bird in your back yard!