The Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja (sometimes placed in its own genus Ajaja) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in Central and South America and Florida and Texas (see www.ComingsBirds.com/Texas
The photos >1000 were taken at Hacienda Solimar and the Taracoles River. Those <1000 were taken at the Palo Verde National Park.