Yellow-billed Spoonbill is a photograph by Mr Bennett Kent which was uploaded on April 12th, 2014.
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Here we have the Yellow-billed Spoonbill, (Platalea flavipes), taken in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. A beautiful bird, and the distinctive... more
Title
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Artist
Mr Bennett Kent
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Photograph - Photos,canvas Prints, Photographs
Description
here we have the Yellow-billed Spoonbill, (Platalea flavipes), taken in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. A beautiful bird, and the distinctive bill makes them familiar to those who have seen spoonbills in Florida, America, and Europe. This is, of course closely related to these other birds, but restricted to Australia and a rare vagrant in New Zealand. I have been fascinated with these bizarre and curiously beautiful birds since childhood and the bill is adapted to sweeping through mud in ponds, rivers and waterholes to sift out small crustaceans which make up the main part of its diet, often purposely stirring up the mud with its feet to get them moving, and it has special sensors in the beak opening to detect small movements which these give off
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April 12th, 2014
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Comments (22)
William Tasker
Fabulous is the right word! A special image! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous close up of a Yellow-Billed Spoonbill, a species that is new to me, with a great perspective and colors. The colors of the bill, lores and legs/feet are fabulous! F/L
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group 'I Love Nature Photography' - celebrating the best of our natural world!
Tessa Fairey
Awesome close up Mr Bennett! Love the color of his bill. We get the roseate spoonbills here. l/f/p
Emmy Vickers
What a cool and very interesting looking bird. Great color, detail, and lighting. Love that beak and those red legs and feet. Well done! L.
Lesa Fine
And another Wonderful capture Mr. Kent! Love the red and yellow contrasts against the stark white in his feathers. What a beautiful combination Mother Nature gave him. L/F And congrats on the triple feature this month with him.!! Well done!
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
An interesting and intriguing composition Bennett! We added our Like! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
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