{"id":232117,"date":"2026-06-30T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232117\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:28:07","slug":"national-aviary-welcomes-roseate-spoonbill-chick-to-wetlands-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232117\/","title":{"rendered":"National Aviary welcomes Roseate Spoonbill chick to Wetlands habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The National Aviary recently welcomed a special new addition to its flock. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Aviary officials just announced the hatching of a Roseate Spoonbill chick as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums\u2019 Species Survival Plan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Currently, the recently fledged chick is white, but as it continues eating a carotenoid-rich diet, its signature pink feathers will start developing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Aviary officials say Roseate Spoonbills are \u201cindicator species.\u201d Their presence and reproductive success reflect the overall health of wetland ecosystems. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">So, every chick hatched as part of the survival plan contributes to the conservation efforts, helping researchers better understand and protect wildlife. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">You can try to spot the chick in the aviary\u2019s Wetlands habitat during your next visit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The National Aviary recently welcomed a special new addition to its flock. Aviary officials just announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[100371,13819,22694,100369,100370,73,75,74,100368,100372,25029],"class_list":["post-232117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-aza","tag-conservation","tag-national-aviary","tag-national-aviary-birds","tag-national-aviary-chick","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-roseate-spoonbill","tag-species-survival-plan","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}