'tweener

[James Shadle]

In the thread below I listed the visible differences between adult and fledgling Roseate Spoonbills.
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ear-fledglings!

This Roseate Spoonbill is a 'tweener.
This bird it still has a few feathers on it's head, a remnant of brown on it's wing tips and mostly paste in color. All juvi traits.
It's eyes are red with lores and tail feathers colored like an adult.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Wow...terrific top-side view and thanks for the lesson. what I like the most is the placement on the bird in the frame. could not have been better.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely flight pose and composition, James. Thank you so much for the education. I just love learning new things about my subjects. My favorite thing about this image are the visible toes!

[Randy Stout]

James:

A stage of development that I haven't seen personally, so appreciate the lesson.

Nice comp, good dof, and yes the toes are fun.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Milicia]

Beautiful image ... great comp and lovely colors!

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful exposure and a classical placement of the subject , super image
The wing spread and a nice top view makes it special for me

[David Salem]

Great looking shot of this tweener. Techs look perfect and I like the pose and the topside view. Nice capture

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent pose and comp.
Details are great too.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi James, great banking angle showing the dorsal view nicely. Love the yellows on the face, together with the red eye.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweeeeet! Love topside views!