PBC Gallery Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Prior's Fen, 23 May 2002 Video grabs by Brian Stone

This bird is an immature. It displayed black wingtips in flight and has slightly 'dirty' looking primaries. The dark bill with pale tip ages it as a first summer. Juveniles would have a pale pinkish bill. The darkness around the head in most of these images is an aberration caused by a misalignment of scope and camcorder.

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