Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041a11c3.png"> <div> This is another shot of a roseate spoonbill at Lake Martin. This photo was taken early in 2006. The birds suddenly left their nests later in the year. While this sudden departure is not unprecedented, nobody knows why the birds sometimes suddenly leave this traditional rookery.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A HREF="id351.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Venice Beach, Florida Sunset"><U>Next</U></A> <A HREF="id329.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)"><U>Previous</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Photography"><U>Back to thumbs</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Clay Coleman</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clay Coleman"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.png" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="a43bcd10.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>