Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Diptych - Original Oil Painting Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage with frame 11

with frame 11

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the male brings her nesting material and she builds a platform in a bush low over water

©2017-2020 by Barbara Fallenbaum

They had been sharing the tree with some nesting Wrens

Roseate Spoonbill Mating Ritual Diptych - Original Oil Painting Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage with frame 11Original Oil Painting 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