Photo by Peter Wallack (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI mentioned that the Roseate Spoonbill is a social or gregarious bird and I was telling the truth.\u00a0 They are known to be colonial nesting birds so there is always other wading birds in the area.\u00a0 In fact, it is quite common to see Snowy Egrets, Herons and even Pelicans hanging out in the same area as our pink Spoonbill.\u00a0 Usually, the Roseate Spoonbill will gather in small flocks to feed together, however, they will occasionally feed on their own as well.<\/p>\n
Roseate Spoonbill Fast Fact – <\/strong>It is believed that the Roseate Spoonbill has pink colouring as a result of the algae that their aquatic prey typically feeds on.\u00a0 How is that for showing how important the food chain can be.\u00a0 You impact one organism at the lower end of the food chain and it will affect the animals that depend on them.<\/p>\nWell that does it for another week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 Enjoy your weekend and I will see you on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Can you believe it is Friday already? I know, I can’t believe it either but I am definitely looking forward to the weekend.\u00a0 To close out the week, we are going to learn about the Roseate Spoonbill.\u00a0 So what is a Roseate Spoonbill?\u00a0 Well they are a large, social wading bird that can be found from the Gulf Coast all the way down to Argentina. So it looks like we are all going for a quick trip to sunny south to wade in the water and learn about the Spoonbill. If you haven’t guess by now these birds received their <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1811,4025,1807,1812,1808,1809,1810],"yoast_head":"\n
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