A flamingo in Houston?!

The subdivision we live in has a nice park with a running/walking trail, baseball diamond, and a great duck pond. I have already enjoyed seeing the many turtles who live in there out sunbathing on a log, but driving home from church on Sunday brought a new surprise from the pond. I had glanced over while talking to Brandon and was shocked to see a huge pink bird walking around in there. 

"Brandon, is there a flamingo in the pond?!" I promptly requested that he pull into the parking lot so we could walk over for a closer look. No, it wasn't a flamingo, but it was a big pink bird with a funny beak/bill. Thanks to a google search (big pink bird with funny beak in Houston) we soon learned that it was a Roseate Spoonbill. He soon spread his big pink wings and flew away, but I am hoping for another sighting of him soon.

Picture courtesy of google images.
Brandon got some of our spoonbill on his phone and may upload those later.