Sparring Spoonbills, Smith Oaks Rookery
One day in late spring I went to the Rookery at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary on High Island, Texas. I stood at the top of one of the viewing platforms, putting mys...
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One day in late spring I went to the Rookery at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary on High Island, Texas. I stood at the top of one of the viewing platforms, putting myself more or less at eye level with birds perched in the tree tops. While other people there were focused on what was directly in front of them, I happened to look to my left and saw these two spoonbills duking it out, which was much more interesting than whatever other birds were doing in front of us at the moment. I'm not sure if anyone else ever saw these two birds.
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NIKON D5100
Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 5000/10 
High Island, Texas, US
Sep, 2020Views
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