Ajaia ajaja
Mature Adult
Decades after they staged a major comeback from plume hunting, one of the world’s most bizarre and beautiful birds is struggling in South Florida.
Most recent surveys count only about 350 spoonbill nests remaining today in all of Florida Bay.
compared to 1979 counts, when they peaked at about 1,260 nests.
Source: Audubon Magazine, by Rene Ebersole, "Roseate Spoonbills Send Warning Signs About the Florida Everglades" May-June 2013 Issue.
http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/roseate-spoonbills-send-warning-signs-about-florida-everglades
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Florida