. Bird lore . ^f;^ie\ ^^jfs. ROSEATE SPOONBILLOrder—Herodionea Family—Plataleidae Gentts—Ajaia Species—Ajaja The Roseate Spoonbill 215 it was found throughout tropical America north to our Gulf States fromTexas to Florida. In the United States, it is now confined largely to southFlorida, where, as I have already said, it was fast approaching extinctionwhen the Audubon Societies came to its rescue. Although I first went to Florida in 1887, it was not until 1908 that I^sawSpoonbills there. Doubtless always more common on the coast than in theinterior, the few survivors were to be found only in t
. Bird lore . ^f;^ie\ ^^jfs. ROSEATE SPOONBILLOrder—Herodionea Family—Plataleidae Gentts—Ajaia Species—Ajaja The Roseate Spoonbill 215 it was found throughout tropical America north to our Gulf States fromTexas to Florida. In the United States, it is now confined largely to southFlorida, where, as I have already said, it was fast approaching extinctionwhen the Audubon Societies came to its rescue. Although I first went to Florida in 1887, it was not until 1908 that I^sawSpoonbills there. Doubtless always more common on the coast than in theinterior, the few survivors were to be found only in the most remote part ofthe great mangrove swamps south of the Everglades. On the evening ofMarch 29, 1908, after traveling all day through mud and mangroves, wereached Cuthbert Rookery, near the extreme southern part of the peninsula,and found, to our intense satisfaction, that among the thousands of Heronsnesting on it there were about 40 Spoonbills. The beautiful peach-bloom-like pink of the Spoonbills was noticeabl
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