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Platalea ajaja
Large, pink wading bird with a spoon shaped bill.
In a small pond near the ocean at Port Aransas birding center.
Spotted on Feb 22, 2015
Submitted on Feb 25, 2015
17 Comments
Yea!
Nice shots Ashley!
Pretty in pink!!! Great spotting Ashley...
Thanks guys!
Yeah, really nice. That third pic is what's up.
Beautifull series Ashley,great collours, congrats and thanks for sharing
wow ashley, beautiful shots!
Get back out there and look for them again, Sergio :)
That is an awesome bird. One once flew exactly over me, its glorious pink color shining against a deep blue sky. A vision to remember forever. (and no, no photos... :-( )
Two Southeastern specialties!
Yeah they're super cool. Haha exactly!
Oh for sure, wood storks are awesome. I love watching them fly, they are like modern day pterodactyls!
Gotcha haha. That's pretty neat. I'm not counting on seeing them, but if we do with all those other awesome waders that would be lifers for me down there, that would REALLY make things cool haha
I have seen 1 in Galveston in May. This past summer, about 150 wood storks showed up overnight at a WMA near Dallas. I may have lied about July, maybe it was beginning of June. Either way, it wasn't April haha
Okay good haha. Yeah I looked at eBird reports for Wood Storks for the valley and April seemed to be a pretty good month since they only migrate through there. Interesting that it isn't until July in east Texas.
These guys should be everywhere, wouldn't worry about that haha. I have never seen wood storks down there, and when I see them in east TX it isn't until July. Not sure about south TX though
Neat! Great find. This is a bird I'm looking forward to seeing in the valley...if I do see one haha. I hear Wood Storks are possible too when I'm down there...they only migrate through the valley, but we'll be there at a good time of year. :)