White-faced Ibis

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge after spring has sprung

By Mia McPherson|February 17th, 2014|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Marsh Wrens, Utah, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, American White Pelican, Cistothorus palustris, Cliff Swallow, Marsh Wren, Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Plegadis chihi, Western Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

The snow has melted in the Salt Lake Valley where temps have been unseasonably warm thanks to the "Pineapple Express" and although winter hasn't left it has begun to feel like spring which means it won't be long before spring has sprung up all over Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge!

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.