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Roseate Spoonbills are half as tall as American Flamingos.

Here’s how you can tell these birds apart: In fact, surprisingly enough, the pink coloration of both these birds is derived from their diet. In fact, when flying at a distance, one might even be confused for the other. The pink plumage and legs of Roseate Spoonbills resemble that of the American Flamingos. Both sexes of these birds appear identical, lacking sexual dimorphism. Their plumage is light pink in color, with fringes of dark pink.

Their long, spatulate bills are greyish, with small, red eyes and pink legs. Roseate Spoonbills have a small, hairless head with a greenish tinge, a long, white neck, chest, and back. But in recent years, their sightings have been reported in many parts of the United States, including Virginia, upstate New York, and Washington D.C. Named after their rose-colored plumage, the Roseate Spoonbills are large wading birds that inhabit the mangroves and marshes of South America.

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You can download a 15-meter-resolution KMZ file of Etang du Fangassier suitable for use with Google Earth.Wingspan: 120-133 centimeters (47-52 inches) Meanwhile, the salt works was expected to reinstate some salt production, and potential new owners hoped to refill Etang du Fangassier. Because flamingos have a lifespan of roughly 40 years, one missed breeding season was not likely to substantially harm the population, and reports emerged of increased flamingo sightings on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. By 2007, 10,000 to 12,000 flamingo pairs were estimated to use the site. The geometric shapes on the land surface indicate cultivated crops (green) and some fallow fields (beige).Įtang du Fangassier had long been a home to breeding flamingos, the BBC reported, with their numbers steadily increasing from the time of the sanctuary’s inception. Bright white rectangles mark the Salin-de-Giraud saltworks near the river. The shallow lagoon of Etang du Fangassier is a mixture of sandbars and ponds in various shades of blue the color depends on the depth and clarity of the water, but all are lighter than the deep blue of the nearby Mediterranean Sea and Rhône River. Bright white areas may be salt, sand, paved surfaces, or buildings. In this simulated true-color image, vegetation appears green, bare ground appears beige-gray, and water appears in varying shades of blue. On April 17, 2007, the month following the salt works strike, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the region. Deprived on their nesting habitat, the flamingos left Etang du Fangassier in search of alternative sites. A partial strike at the nearby salt works, Salin-de-Giraud, halted pumping of Mediterranean saltwater into the lagoon. In March 2007, however, the situation changed, according to a report from the BBC.

Protected from predators and fed by plentiful shrimp, the birds nested on an artificial island in the delta of the Rhône River for nearly three decades. The salty lagoon became home to a rare colony of flamingos.

In 1969, the country established Etang du Fangassier, a lagoon in the Camargue region. Economic development often finds itself at odds with wildlife, but one case in France produced the opposite result.