Beauty in White

Another special find at Ding Darling NWR, on Florida’s Sanibel Island, was a small group of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) busy resting and preening: In Missouri, we get to see these beauties only during the spring and fall migrations, so I thoroughly enjoyed finding these white beauties during my recent winter Florida trip!   […]

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Those Wonderful Spoonies!

One of my favorite all-time birds is the Roseatte Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja). Found along the Gulf Coast, it is always a pleasure to find these birds when I travel to Florida. The roseatte spoonbill is a large, long-necked wading bird with it’s most prominent feature being it’s “spoon bill”. The bill is flat and spoon-shaped, […]

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