Jul 30, 2025
A royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) eats a smooth toadfish in Tamar Island Wetlands, Tasmania
by Helen Cunningham
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A royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) eats a smooth toadfish in Tamar Island Wetlands, Tasmania
by Helen Cunningham
Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Roseate Spoon Bill Bird, 1986. Gouache and watercolor on board.
MutualArt
By Kelley Luikey
Roseate Spoonbills are one of the many joys of the summer.
Roseate Spoonbill Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Black Point Drive Titusville, Florida, USA December, 2019
(more spoonbills here)
European Spoonbill - Colhereiro (Platalea leucorodia)
Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (14/05/2026)
[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 600mm F/4E FL ED VR with Nikon AF-S TC-14E III]
Roseate Spoonbills nesting
tonight we are tickled, a good 40 years after learning that the spanish for spoonbill is cucharón, to finally put it together with what we know about emphatic suffixes, and realise cucharón means "fucking big spoon"
in our head this photo is always accompanied by barry white