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Roseate Spoonbill – Nature’s (Other) Brilliant Pink Bird
By Katie Roundtree, Director of Finance and Administration, Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District
Roseate spoonbills it to shut when it comes We are fortunate to see them still since they were
are striking pink birds in contact with food. It’s hunted almost to extinction in the late 1800s for their
that inhabit our marshes a very efficient way to gorgeous plumage used to decorate hats and fans.
and preserves in South forage. Thankfully, they received legal protection in the 1940s,
Florida. They are shorter Up close, roseate and their population has recovered.
and smaller than the more spoonbills have unique Roseate spoonbills are the only spoonbill species native
infamous flamingo, but coloring on their heads. to the United States. Other species are found in Africa,
their plumage is just as While young, they have Asia, Australia and Europe. However, no other spoonbill
striking and easy to spot light-colored feathers species has the distinctive pink coloring as the roseate
from afar. While they may covering their heads spoonbill.
be small in stature, they and light pink plumage. Take advantage of the cooler weather and explore the
have a wingspan that is As they age, the feathers on their head thin out, with outdoors again! Find a park or preserve and see if you
almost twice as wide as they are tall. only the blue-green to yellow-green head showing, and can spot a bowl of roseate spoonbills. Enjoy!
Roseate spoonbills are highly social. They feed with their plumage gets darker. Their reddish eyes are in stark NPDES tip: Storms occur all year round. Make sure your
each other and with other wading birds. They also nest contrast to their head coloring, making them quite a unique yards and trees are trimmed neatly to avoid flying debris
in colonies and fly in flocks. They are found with other specimen. You can estimate the age of a roseate spoonbill during a storm. Dispose of your trimmings and clippings
spoonbills in a group called appropriately a “bowl.” then by determining if they have feathers on their head properly. Do not put them into storm drains or lakes!
But what makes them pink? Spoonbills feed on small and by how vibrant their feathers are.
fish, insects and crustaceans (invertebrates). Crustaceans
are packed with carotenoids, fat-soluble pigments that
constitute reds, oranges, and yellows. Invertebrates
compile these pigments by eating aquatic vegetation,
which uses beta-carotenoids to conduct photosynthesis.
Then, as spoonbills eat these crustaceans, they ingest
their stockpiled carotenoids. As the birds digest their
prey, these pigments are transferred into fat stores under
the skin. These reserves feed into the feathers, primarily
along the bird’s back, wings and rump.
As to their distinctive beak, spoonbills develop a
flat, spoon-shaped bill shortly after hatching. Spoonbill
hatchlings have a straight beak for the first few days of
their life. The spoon shape grows as the chick develops.
Spoonbills forage by sweeping their open bills back and forth
under the water (think of a metal detector). Their bills have
nerves that can feel when prey enters their bill and triggers
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