RE: The African spoonbill (Platalea alba)

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The African spoonbill (Platalea alba)

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Thanks! It is shaped that way, because they swing their head from side to side to catch small fish and other little critters, next time I see them I will make a video to show how they feed, it looks really weird.

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Thanks for the info, nothing on wiki...

I could be that you may have looked up a different kind of spoonbill?

"The African spoonbill feeds in shallow water, and fishes for various fish,[2] molluscs,[2] amphibians, crustaceans,[2] insects[2] and larvae."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_spoonbill

Hope you enjoy the read, there is not much info on that wiki page!

African spoonbill
The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The species is widespread across Africa and Madagascar, including Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

Nope it was the same page... But my glass of scotch had succeeded in its mission :-)

haha, no problem!