{CaptionsBy}    Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine
                Liston)

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          20-Jan-2000

{description}   In the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, a roseate
                spoonbill searches the water for food. The birds, named for their
                brilliant pink color and paddle-shaped bill, feed in shallow
                water by swinging their bill back and forth, scooping up small
                fish and crustaceans. They typically inhabit mangroves on the
                coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas. The 92,000-acre
                refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center, is a
                habitat for more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117
                fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water
                of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory
                waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons,
                great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other
                species of marsh and shore birds.

{highres}       2670 x 1810

{highsize}      1615887

{hightype}      JPEG

{lowres}        320 x 217

{lowsize}       98963

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     1024 x 694

{mediumsize}    231482

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-00PP-0151

{slideres}      172 x 150

{slidesize}     37188

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       100 x 68

{tinysize}      10373

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         Roseate Spoonbill feeds in the Merritt Island National Wildlife
                Refuge.

{type}          Image

{end}