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KSC-08pd4123
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A roseate spoonbill is feeding on a pond in the Merritt island National Wildlife Refuge, which borders NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Spoonbills inhabit areas of mangroves such as on the coasts of southern Florida and Texas. These birds feed on shrimp and fish in the shallow water, sweeping their bills from side to side. The center shares a boundary with the refuge that includes salt-water estuaries, brackish marshes, hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods.
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Credit lineKSC-08pd4123. NASA/KSC, 2008-12-22. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd4123.
