Unusual Visitors

This is the Roseate Spoonbill. We've been receiving reports of sightings in and around St. Marys: in fact, one of our board members, Bob Nutter, captured a photo of a spoonbill standing on his dock. They are startlingly beautiful creatures and we welcome them...but their presence rings the already-clamorous climate change alarm bells.

From Audubon: "Only the northern edge of the Roseate Spoonbill's range lies within the United States. This neotropical bird can be found in many areas around the Gulf of Mexico, and breeds in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Florida populations occur in the southern half of the state. Roseate Spoonbills are also found in Mexico, Central America, and South America, as well as across the West Indies and Greater Antilles."