Bird Spirit Animals : Roseate Spoonbill by ShadowsNTime

Photography • Animals • posted on Nov 01, 2009

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Photo by Alex Another photo from the zoo that Alex sent me to share with you:-). The Roseate Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. Vagrant birds have been sighted as far north as Delaware, Indiana, and Kansas.This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters on crustaceans, very small fish bigger waders ignore, and other inverterbrates by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the water, often in groups. In the United States a popular and easy place to observe Roseate Spoonbills is at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island just off the west coast of Florida across a causeway connecting to Fort Myers.(from wikipedia) In Native American culture Bird Spirit Animals assist in matters of higher knowledge. They are symbols of strength, freedom and unity of fellow creatures. Spoonbill -- Sweeping obstacles out of ones way, shyness, wariness, silence, protection from communal living. You can learn more about spirit ( or totem animals ) at http://www.spiritwalkministry.com/spirit_guides Note: I am not back full time, tho I am feeling a little better since starting some pill therapy for the hernia and I think I am a bit stronger:-) I still need other tests and rest for the other problems that they haven't found the cause of yet. But I am trying to stay in touch and visit the galleries as often as I can. And I so appreciate every comment, prayers and love sent my way! Thanks for your visit and for previous comments and favs!

Comments (22)

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BessieB

7:45AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

What a wonderful looking bird Lynn, great info too! Glad you are feeling a tad better :)

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lizzibell

7:55AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Great capture...

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emmecielle

8:13AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Dear Lynn, I'm glad to know you're a bit better! I hope you can recover completely as soon as possible! Congratulations to Alex for the beautiful pictures! :) Hugs

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durleybeachbum

8:29AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

I have discovered a very useful side effect to keeping a candle burning in my kitchen....the fruit flies whose population explodes at this time of year, are drawn to the flame and expire!

M2A

9:21AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Great capture and very interesting animal.

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Mousson

9:30AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

excellent !!!

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Meisiekind

10:28AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Very cute bird! I'm so glad you are feeling better Lynn! :)

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B_PEACOCK

11:09AM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Fantastic shot

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jendellas

12:01PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

He looks pink, didn't realise they were that colour, love his bill. Hope the pills are kicking in. xxx

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magnus073

2:04PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

This is a wonderful pic Alex took and you did a splendid job setting this all up Lynn. I love the history, it was fascinating. So glad your slowly improving.

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mermaid

3:02PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

a wonderful shot, Lynn and so interesting to read about the totems and soooo glad to hear you are a bit better, sending all my best wishes to you!

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sandra46

3:37PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

SUPERB CAPTURE. AND I HOPE MY GOOD VIBS ARE WORKING FOR YOU ;-D

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cherokee1961

4:30PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Wonderful capture - and so glad to hear that you're starting to feel a bit better :-)

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JaneEden

4:37PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

Alex this is a great shot and thanks for the intro Lynn, my thoughts and prayers are with you dear friend. hugs Jane xx

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flavia49

5:36PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

extraordinary picture!!

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npauling

7:23PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

A lovely capture and I'm glad you are feeling a little better. Just small steps each day and you will get there.

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amota99517

7:38PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

What a great shot!

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myrrhluz

5:13PM | Mon, 02 November 2009

This is a beautiful shot from Alex! Wonderful detail of feathers and head. Very interesting info too. A lot is to be learned about ourselves, in what we see in animals. I'm glad you're a bit better. I hope that becomes a lot better soon and you are able to put all these test behind you.

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