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Roseate Morning on Old Tampa Bay |
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
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Tropical Breeze photo by Sue Suby
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Roseate Morning
Two roseate spoonbills and a white ibis search the shallow waters of
Old Tampa Bay for an early morning meal, catching a glow from the
rising sun. Flocks of both species frequently fly single file or in
formation along the shore early in the morning and at dusk, on their
way to and from favorite roosting areas such as on Alligator Lake.
The
bay is the northernmost range for the roseate spoonbill, but the white
ibis is common throughout Florida. Neither bird species is considered
threatened today, although roseate spoonbills were nearly decimated
during the plume-hunting era of the late 1800s when John James Audubon
was chronicling the birds of North America.
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