Close Up of a Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Original Oil Painting Close Up of Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Feathers starting to gain color

Feathers starting to gain color

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Roseate Spoonbill lends itself to mythical characterization because of its colorization and at times when it is preening the way it bends comes close to looking like a heart

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Close Up of a Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Original Oil Painting Close Up of Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Feathers starting to gain colorOriginal Oil painting by Barbara Fallenbaum. They are born naked, helpless and blind. They are usually mature enough to survive and fly away at about 14 weeks. At 7 8 weeks they are mature enough to move around the nest and start preparing to learn how to fly. As they start to grow in their feather, they come in almost white with feathers on the head. As they mature further they start losing the head feathers and their diet influences their coloration