| If you think
we seem to have a strange, even unhealthy, interest in
spoonbills, well, you're right. We don't exactly
remember where it came from - my theory is it started
with a character in a TC Boyle short story. Anyway,
from there we drifted into increasing interest in the
creatures, and the related long-legged water margin
birds like storks, cranes, ibises and egrets
("...egrets, we've had a few, but there again, too few
to mention..." etc).
Finally in 2003 we got to see many roseate spoonbills
and like species on a magical visit to Galveston Island
in Texas. And then in 2005-06 the spoonbills came
to us - several Eurasians and a rare African took up
residence at the WWT Centre in South Wales.
The African spoonbill turned out to be a total media
tart, prancing about before the hide to the amazement
and delight of the birders gathered there. The
pictures were taken at the time. |
