Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Left - Hand Embellished Giclee Painting Heron wall art Original oil painting of a

Original oil painting of a female Wilsons Plover strolling on the beach

Preening is how they clean themselves

sea myrtle or other shrubs near the water

They forage in the shallows of fresh

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Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Left - Hand Embellished Giclee Painting Heron wall art Original oil painting of aPainting of a pair of Roseate Spoonbills during part of their mating ritual. In Courtship, male and female first interact aggressively with ritual dancing, and bill clapping. Later they perch close together, present sticks to each other, cross and clasp bills. They are social birds congregating and nesting in colonies along with other wading birds. They rely on each other for security and hunting. This pair was seen early one morning at Fort DeSoto