ibis – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adult and juvenile White Ibis

By Mia McPherson|May 20th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, White Ibises|Tags: adult, age comparison, coastal, comparing adult to juvenile, Eudocimus albus, feather colors, ibis, ibises, immature, juvenile, lagoon, tidal lagoon, wading birds, water, White Ibis, young|

White Ibis can be strange looking birds to people who have never seen them before, they have soft, sky blue eyes, skinny legs, long necks and a bill that could be compared to Jimmy Durante's nose.

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Bird Images From Warmer And Sunnier Days

By Mia McPherson|January 31st, 2013|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets, White Ibises|Tags: bird photography, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, calling, clouds, direct eye contact, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, Eudocimus albus, feeding, flight, ibis, ibises, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, pelicans, Rynchops niger, scratching, skimmer, skimmers, sky, Snowy Egret, wading birds, White Ibis|

I love winter, I love seeing snow on the mountains and feeling the crispness in the air but I am getting tired of gray cloudy days and heavy fog so I thought I would post a few bird images from warmer and sunnier days that I took while I lived in Florida.

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Adult and Immature White Ibis

By Mia McPherson|October 6th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, White Ibises|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, coastal island, Eudocimus albus, Florida, ibis, ibises, immature, juvenile, lagoon, Pinellas County, tidal lagoon, water, White Ibis|

This is an adult White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) that I photographed at Fort De Soto's north beach that was feeding in a tidal lagoon by the mangroves

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White-faced Ibis in flight

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-faced Ibises|Tags: adult, autumn, bird photography, fall, flight, flying, ibis, marsh, Plegadis chihi, sky, wading birds, White-faced Ibis|

White-faced Ibises (Plegadis chihi) breed and nest in the freshwater marshes around the Great Salt Lake. Generally they migrate south for the winter though this winter there were a few that stayed at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

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