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Yellow-billed Spoonbills

Platalea flavipes

Photo by ShannaB
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Field Notes

Notes:

This group of Yellow-billed Spoonbills was feeding in the shallows of Lake Nuga Nuga in the late afternoon. As they walked along, they swept their bills back and forth through the silt in search of food (aquatic insects).

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Yellow-billed Spoonbill | BIRDS in BACKYARDS

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PublishedOctober 16, 2013

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