Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Right - Hand Embellished Giclee Painting Size:Image 17” x 23” with frame 22” x 28” x 1.5” deep We have one that lives

We have one that lives in our area and see it often standing on our dock or in our pool area or flying across the cove squawking because someone disturbed him

from the long rose-pink legs

so majestic and stately

Both the male and female sit the nest and raise the chicks

Snowy Egrets are beautiful birds that seem conscious of their own beauty and like to show off their charms

Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Right - Hand Embellished Giclee Painting Size:Image 17” x 23” with frame 22” x 28” x 1.5” deep We have one that livesPainting of a pair of Roseate Spoonbills during part of their mating ritual. In Courtship, male and female first interact aggressively with ritual dancing, and bill clapping. Later they perch close together, present sticks to each other, cross and clasp bills. They are social birds congregating and nesting in colonies along with other wading birds. They rely on each other for security and hunting. This pair was seen early one morning at Fort DeSoto