Monday, April 7, 2008

Glossy Ibis at Santa ana NWR, 4/6/08

In my last post I mentioned spending some time examining an ibis in a flock of White-faced Ibis that I thought might be a Glossy. After posting the pics on Texbirds the vote is Glossy Ibis 9, White-faced Ibis 2. Glossy Ibis is a very local uncommon breeder in southeast Texas and more common farther east. It is very rare down here. Notice the slate-colored facial skin with a narrow white border in front of the eyes and brown eyes of the middle ibis. This time of year the White-faced have a reddish facial skin and red eyes. Some of the flock even had a broad white border surrounding the red facial skin.

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So this makes Hidalgo County bird #333 for me and how many birders have seen a Blue Bunting and a Glossy Ibis in the same day? Not too many.

3 comments:

Mel said...

WOW! I've never seen those guys before, not even in a picture!
Thanks for giving me the chance to learn great things!

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