Close Up of a Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Original Oil Painting Piping Plover Both the female and male

Both the female and male incubate the eggs and feed the young

Painting of a Roseate Spoonbill bending in the shape of a heart

Nest building can take up to 10 days

Painting of a pair of White Great Egrets in mating plumage

Close Up of a Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill Original Oil Painting Piping Plover Both the female and maleOriginal Oil painting by Barbara Fallenbaum. They are born naked, helpless and blind. They are usually mature enough to survive and fly away at about 14 weeks. At 7 8 weeks they are mature enough to move around the nest and start preparing to learn how to fly. As they start to grow in their feather, they come in almost white with feathers on the head. As they mature further they start losing the head feathers and their diet influences their coloration