Not ashamed to say I'm a bit of a royalist - it's the British blood I guess. My Nanna particularly but also my Dad loved the royal family so I've grown up with a soft spot for Her Maj and her fam but I also love a good scandal and let's be honest, there's plenty of skeletons in the closets at Buckingham Palace! Plus we've had a brand new baby and there's a wedding just around the corner so I've kind of been losing my mind with the media awash with royal goodness.
So I guess with all of this at the forefront of my mind it was inevitable that I was going to start manifesting something royal based (look, let me believe my own press ok?! 😂😂😂) but instead of manifesting a dashing prince or even a corgi instead I manifested a Royal Spoonbill and I'm not even complaining. I adore spoonbills. Bloody odd looking birds - I mean look at that bill! It's insane! But it is also super sensitive with vibration sensors inside of it so when the birds sweeps its slightly open bill through the water it can feel when it comes across small fish or crustaceans and will snap it shut. This is an awesome adaptation as the water in which these birds hunt is often very murky or muddy.
'Twas great watching this one (eye) balls deep looking for breakfast and I'm not even going to make a Charles and Camilla joke 😂
Royal Spoonbill
Sandon Point
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