Yesterday was a great day to be at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida. The Rookery is filled with nesting Wood Storks, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, and yes, those beautifully colored but homely Roseate Spoonbills. A Spoonbill nest there has one recently hatched chick and possibly unhatched eggs. As I watched, the nest’s adult pair of Roseate Spoonbills seemed to disagree about the placement of a large curved stick and each one separately and then together tried to maneuver the awkward stick to a place agreeable to both. Eventually, the stick either fell or was dropped out of the nest. After this lengthy exercise, the “exchange” took place. The sitting bird (male and female adults look the same) got off the nest and the flew off while the second bird settled onto the nest to continue incubating the hatched chick and any remaining eggs. The first Spoonbill flew a few yards to the an islet in the shallow pond beneath the rookery and proceeded to bathe enthusiastically for quite some time. It was a joy to share this experience with that uninhibited Spoonbill.