Spoonbill Arrives! Finally…
After being disappointed all of last month making it the first July in five years that we had no spoonbills in the marsh, one finally showed up today! It was just the one, but we were thrilled to see our pink visitor back again to start off August, plus we have hopes that some of his friends may also arrive at any time.
When we first spotted the spoonie, he was in the back far edge of the pond hanging around with some tricolor herons, a snowy egret, and an alligator. He soon left and flew all the way across the marsh landing in a pine tree where he had a noon day nap.
After leaving the tree he went back down into the marsh where he posed for a few pictures, then took off again to join some wood storks that had gathered back in a far corner.
We may try going back this evening for low tide in the salt marsh to see if he goes there to feed. Otherwise, we hope he stays the night and that we can find him again tomorrow, hopefully with some pink friends!
Phil Lanoue Photography 
Absolutely stunning, Phil!!
Thank you! We were super happy this goofy pink guy showed up today!
He is so beautiful and so are your pictures of him.
Thanks very much, glad you like the photos.
Very beautiful images as always. I like the pink reflection photo.
Thanks for checking them out and I’m happy you like seeing the spoonie.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Gotta love a big pink bird! 🙂
Its good to have old friends return, Phil. Are any banded that you can identify?
It is good to finally have this guy show up. Can’t say 100% for a fact, but we strongly suspect this is the infamous Mr. Cranky from last summer. Trying to find some marks to identify him.
So beautiful, this pink wings.
Have a nice week end Phil
Yes, we love having our big pink friend back in the area!
Wow, what a beautiful bird, and some great shots of him….hopefully there will be more of them coming along soon…
We are really hoping that some of his friends come in soon. It’s always nice to have a group around, they can be a ton of fun!
So, so happy to see he is back. More to come hopefully. This guy is both beautiful, yet goofy. Just love the Spoonies! Lovely shots of the light through his wings. That 5th photo just about tells the Spoony story – that special attitude!
It’s shots like that fifth one that I can’t stop taking every time I see one of these big pink goofballs. Even though I already have many such shots, when I see that face and that look I just have to click away! 🙂
What a beauty he is! Irresistible in fact. 🙂
They are indeed irresistible! I can not stop taking photos of one whenever it arrives, even if it’s late. 🙂
Phil, I am absolutely thrilled for you that a spoonbill has once again returned to your marsh. I have been holding my breath for some time now, wondering if and when they would return. Very glad to see your wonderful photos of the pink, fluffy one once more!
Well I greatly appreciate your very kind comments and glad you liked seeing out goofy pink visitor! Sadly though, it appears he has moved on already. We hope he returns and brings some friends. 🙂
I’m with you! Fingers crossed.
Brilliant, Phil! Let’s hope he’s the forerunner!
We just hope he took off to go find and bring in some friends. He did seem he was a returnee who was comfortable in the area so it’s possible we could see more soon.
At some point the end of June I drove over the marsh & saw a pink bird. I didn’t recognize it & knew it wasn’t a
flamingo! In a few days there was an article in the Sun News about the spoonbill coming to our area!! It is a
lovely, unusual color.
It is funny though how the last two times the Sun News ran a story about the spoonbills they had already left by then. So people would see the story, come over to see the spoonies but they are gone.
When they are here they sure attract a crowd and will literally stop traffic on the causeway. Well, along with the alligators. 🙂
Such beauty, color, and grace. Beautiful shots and beautiful creatures tks Phil Linda