We went for a run today around the university, and being as it's right in the middle of one of the busiest flyways in the country we saw some cool birds... including a Roseate Spoonbill. Like the Flamingo, the Roseate Spoonbill's pink color comes from the food it eats. Some of the crustaceans it eats feed on algae that give the spoonbill's feathers their rosy pink color. The other large bird in the picture is a Great Blue Heron... very common on the coast here.
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