Immature Roseate Spoonbill Preening Original Oil Painting Wilsons Plover They are shy by nature

They are shy by nature sticking to their own group

but still a baby

This one was seen early one morning at Fort DeSoto Park

From the oversized bill

They are sandpipers but just little different than the other sandpipers

Immature Roseate Spoonbill Preening Original Oil Painting Wilsons Plover They are shy by natureOriginal Oil Painting of an Immature Roseate Spoonbill preening. Gorgeous at a distance, bizarre up close. Immature is the stage between juvenile and adult. Their appearance is like a teenagers, with that youthful vigor. Head had just lost its feathers with a smooth surface.. Feathers starting to gain color. They all forage in the shallows of fresh, brackish, and marine waters. After they come out of the water they preen. At certain times of the year