This Cotton Candy-Pink Bird Is Showing Up Along The Southern Coast—And No, It’s Not A Flamingo

This Cotton Candy-Pink Bird Is Showing Up Along The Southern Coast—And No, It’s Not A Flamingo

The Roseate Spoonbill is a migratory bird that makes its way to South Carolina during the spring and summer. Credit: Getty ImagesAs our Duffy boat passed Bird Island, a lush patch of land in the middle of the lagoon at Montage Palmetto Bluff, we were instructed to look to the tops of the trees. Moving my binoculars away from an alligator in the distance, I focused in on several sizable, pink-tinged birds. I’m a neophyte in the world of birding, …