{"id":38664,"date":"2016-04-22T04:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T10:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=38664"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:46:55","slug":"two-bald-headed-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/04\/22\/two-bald-headed-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Bald Headed Birds – Roseate Spoonbill & Turkey Vulture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TurkeyTurkey Vulture at sun rise – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 500, -1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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Two bald headed birds, but very different in appearance, one is a vulture who cleans up the earth and the other a wading bird with pink and carmine plumage. This Turkey Vulture was photographed yesterday morning in Box Elder County, Utah as the sun rose. The vulture was perched on a fence rail of a corral and it may have spent the night roosting there. After the vulture warmed up it probably lifted off to soar on the thermals until it found something to eat.<\/p>\n

\"RoseateRoseate Spoonbill in a lagoon – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light
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This is a mature Roseate Spoonbill in nonbreeding plumage. I couldn’t resist photographing these cotton candy pink wading birds when I lived in Florida and aimed my lens at them whenever I had the opportunity. This one was photographed in the evening at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida in 2009 as the spoonbill foraged for food in a tidal lagoon.<\/p>\n

Some people find birds with featherless heads unappealing, odd or even ugly. Me, I think all birds are wonderful.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Roseate Spoonbill photos plus facts and information. Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Turkey Vulture photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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