Story time at Bird Island, it looks like.

Wood Storks together.

We watched from a boat.

Roseate Spoonbill comes on the scene.

Audubon…

Very common in parts of the southeast until the 1860s, spoonbills were virtually eliminated from the United States as a side-effect of the destruction of wader colonies by plume hunters. Began to re-colonize Texas and Florida early in 20th century. Still uncommon and local, vulnerable to degradation of feeding and nesting habitats.

They have a darker pink sort of epaulet on their shoulders.

View from the top of the mangroves, with Brown Pelicans too.

Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebirds and one male off to the left.

Spoonbill on Bird Island beach.

Brown Pelican with fuzzy chicks.

Frigatebirds and a couple of cormorants. The northwest corner of the island is their territory.