Roseate Spoonbills, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Titusville FL

The Roseate Spoonbills this year along Black Point Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville Florida have been spectacular and spectacularly cooperative this year. They are feeding close to the tour loop and trails, and there are large numbers. The males are coming into full breeding plumage…deep pink wings, and the skin on their heads turning bright green. They are so close that I don’t always need the long zooms of my Nikon superzooms. This shot was taken with my pocket Sony HX90V, and has that bit of extra clarity and pop that is unique to the Sony cameras and ZEISS lenses. There is a bird here in just about every Spoonbill pose. 🙂

This is full zoom on the Sony: 720mm equivalent field of view. 1/400th @ ISO 80 @ f6.4. It is actually an in-camera HDR. Processed in Lightroom.