Roseate Spoonbill In Green - Canvas Giclee Painting Piping Plover It has grown in all

It has grown in  all of its flight feathers

They show off this crest while defending their nesting area

Wood panel is 12" x 12" by 0

They shows off this crest while defending their nesting area and in mating rituals

Roseate Spoonbill In Green - Canvas Giclee Painting Piping Plover It has grown in allBarbara Fallenbaum's Painting of a Roseate Spoonbill in brackish water. Water is reflecting the trees, bushes and the Spoonbill. They forage in the shallows of fresh, brackish, and marine waters. They were once hunted for their beautiful plumes, fortunately that is now illegal. I saw this one morning in the Weedon Island Preserve, I was watching it run its bill from side to side in the water when all the sudden it picked its head up and stretched