Among the great birds in Sunday’s feeding frenzy at Merritt Island NWR, there were many Spoonbills. They were the first I had seen on this trip close enough to really enjoy and photograph. They are, in Florida, just coming into full breeding plumage, and this year they are particularly pink! This bird took time out from feeding to assert his ownership of the pool 🙂

Digiscoped with the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL and the Canon SD320HS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece, using the Digidapter for ZEISS. ISO125 @ 1/640th @ f5.6 (determined by the camera). 1428mm equivalent field of view. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014. Additional color adjustment in Photo Editor by dev.macgyver.