{"id":14761,"date":"2014-04-16T06:14:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14761"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:47:29","slug":"roseate-visions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/16\/roseate-visions\/","title":{"rendered":"Roseate Visions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe pinks of a Roseate Spoonbill and the greens of a spartina marsh<\/span><\/p>\n

The sky outside is cloudy and gray this morning\u00a0so I thought I’d share some images with rosy colors to brighten my day and hopefully yours as well.<\/p>\n

\"roseate-definition\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Roseate Spoonbill is only found in North America and of the six species of spoonbills in the world it is the only species that has such vivid, rosy colors. Roseate Spoonbills have rose red eyes, carmine red in its scapulars, and soft pink bodies.<\/p>\n

\"RoseateA Roseate dawn at Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/p>\n

Clouds in the morning with the sun just beginning to rise over the horizon can create roseate dawn colors which are a visual delight. For me; when a day starts with rosy pink clouds it is easy to be optimistic about what wonders the day might bring.<\/p>\n

The sky shown in my image above certainly had a roseate glow to it and although those clouds came onshore and the rain started falling those rosy clouds certainly brightened my day.<\/p>\n

\"RosesRoses in Dunedin, New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n

The word Roseate has its roots in Middle English and stemmed from\u00a0Latin roseus<\/i> \u2018rosy\u2019 (from rosa<\/i> \u2018rose\u2019). I can easily see the colors of these Roses in the Roseate Spoonbill and the clouds in the images above.<\/p>\n

Who needs rose-colored glasses when we have such beautiful roseate colors in the natural world?<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sky outside is cloudy and gray this morning so I thought I’d share some images with rosy colors to brighten my day and hopefully yours as 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