Hi guys, so I finally got my computer fixed after it broke and I have good news!
I finally got photos of the African spoonbill, a bird that I have been wanting to photograph for the longest time now!
I spotted him at the Rondevlei nature reserve in Cape Town, I love their odly shape bills!
I also managed to get one in flight!
Hope you liked this post, there will be many more to follow!
I am busy preparing to go to Addo Elephant park on holiday at the end of April, so there should be a lot of content coming from there!
Cheers!
Beautiful in flight pic... The beak's form is a little bit weird with this round end, do you know why ?
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Thanks! It is shaped that way, because they swing their head from side to side to catch small fish and other little critters, next time I see them I will make a video to show how they feed, it looks really weird.
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Thanks for the info, nothing on wiki...
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I could be that you may have looked up a different kind of spoonbill?
"The African spoonbill feeds in shallow water, and fishes for various fish,[2] molluscs,[2] amphibians, crustaceans,[2] insects[2] and larvae."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_spoonbill
Hope you enjoy the read, there is not much info on that wiki page!
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African spoonbill
The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The species is widespread across Africa and Madagascar, including Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
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Nope it was the same page... But my glass of scotch had succeeded in its mission :-)
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haha, no problem!
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I saw a group of them once. A bit too far to catch them with my phone, but I could see how they were searching for food with those big beaks. So cool!
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They are weird birds, that is why I love them!
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