This friendly Roseate Spoonbill flew up into a tree right near the doorway in the Wetlands Free-Flight Room during my Saturday 1-17-2009 trip to the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. He looked around and checked me out before continuing onward to a lofty perch up near the roof line of the building.
Spoonbills inhabit brackish coastal marshes and lagoons in Northwest Mexico and Southeast United States to areas in Central Argentina. They feed on Crustaceans, amphibians, mollusks, small fish and insects. They move their broad flat bills from side to side underwater for feeding.
For more information on the National Aviary and how you can help support this great oasis for birds please visit www.aviary.org
