White Faced Ibis

Don't remember ever seeing these. Thanks for posting and well done, Trevor.

Thank you ardeekay for the comment, and thanks everyone for the likes.

I especially like the second image because of the way the two birds are posing. They sure are a nifty species. We have seen them on trips to SW Manitoba in the spring and they always seem too tropical looking to be out in the middle of the prairies.

Thanks for the comments.

I also feel like they are out of place, every time I see them. Even though they usually spend the summer season here at the marsh. Which is late May up till early September. I wouldn't say there are lots of them, like a few dozen maybe in a very big marsh. There are only a few other places in Alberta where they spend the summer, but its certainly not a lot of places.

They are also notoriously shy. I lay in the mud for half an hour before they wandered near me. The rest of the day I tried to get more shots of them on the ground, and couldn't get any more. I tried belly crawling and they would fly away before I could get close enough to even bother taking a shot.

Crimzon wrote in post #18647643
Thanks for the comments.

I also feel like they are out of place, every time I see them. Even though they usually spend the summer season here at the marsh. Which is late May up till early September. I wouldn't say there are lots of them, like a few dozen maybe in a very big marsh. There are only a few other places in Alberta where they spend the summer, but its certainly not a lot of places.

They are also notoriously shy. I lay in the mud for half an hour before they wandered near me. The rest of the day I tried to get more shots of them on the ground, and couldn't get any more. I tried belly crawling and they would fly away before I could get close enough to even bother taking a shot.

That's just the case; they are very spooky. However, a year ago in May, a couple of them dropped their guard and I got fairly good, very close shots of them. But that sure doesn't happen very often.

Great captures. They definitely are spooky birds, but they also can let let their guard down fairly often. We get them in Western Nevada and they seem to come through with a few that hang around and then come back down on the return trip. I saw a couple hundred in a farmers field a couple of years ago. It was quite the sight.

Very cool set!!

Nicely captured Trevor! Excellent series.

txcanon wrote in post #18649859
Nicely captured Trevor! Excellent series.

2n10 wrote in post #18648150
Great captures. They definitely are spooky birds, but they also can let let their guard down fairly often. We get them in Western Nevada and they seem to come through with a few that hang around and then come back down on the return trip. I saw a couple hundred in a farmers field a couple of years ago. It was quite the sight.

jhayesvw wrote in post #18649224
Very cool set!!

Thanks for the comments