Can you name this bird. I visited the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge yesterday for the first time and was amazed at the many species of birds. This one stumped me. It was not listed...

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

I visited the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge yesterday for the first time and was amazed at the many species of birds. This one stumped me. It was not listed and is obviously a shore bird. I have not been able to find it in any of the Oregon bird lists. These bird where in large flocks. Would love to see if anyone on UHH can tell me what it is.

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RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

It's an Ibis!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Perhaps a glossy ibis? I like #3 of this series very much.

edit - I checked range, and if is a glossy, it's lost :)

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

RichardSM wrote:

It's an Ibis!

Thank you Richard..

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

Linda From Maine wrote:

Perhaps a glossy ibis? I like #3 of this series very much.

edit - I checked range, and if is a glossy, it's lost :)

It was the most colorful bird especially if the light was just right. There were hundreds of them. I see that they are
mostly on the east coast so this was a good find at least for me.
Thanks for letting me know.

marsdad Loc: NE Florida

Definitely a Glossy Ibis, a permanent resident of Florida, particularly South Florida where you can see large flocks of them. They migrated most likely from Africa in the late 1800's and have been expanding their territory ever since. Looks like this bunch took a heck of a big leap. Nice catch

tramsey Loc: Texas

I went snooping around and found a map that has the range of the glossy ibis; seems that it has been upgraded in the past few years.

http://www.nenature.com/Maps/GlossyIbisCBCMapUsgs.gif

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

Mrsmoses wrote:

I visited the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge yesterday for the first time and was amazed at the many species of birds. This one stumped me. It was not listed and is obviously a shore bird. I have not been able to find it in any of the Oregon bird lists. These bird where in large flocks. Would love to see if anyone on UHH can tell me what it is.

Kudos Mrsmoses on your Glossy Ibis captures...great set!

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

marsdad wrote:

Definitely a Glossy Ibis, a permanent resident of Florida, particularly South Florida where you can see large flocks of them. They migrated most likely from Africa in the late 1800's and have been expanding their territory ever since. Looks like this bunch took a heck of a big leap. Nice catch

Thank you..I'm learning a lot about these birds.

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

tramsey wrote:

I went snooping around and found a map that has the range of the glossy ibis; seems that it has been upgraded in the past few years.

http://www.nenature.com/Maps/GlossyIbisCBCMapUsgs.gif

Thanks for showing the updated map..I guess not as rare of a sighting as I thought.

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

Carolina Wings wrote:

Kudos Mrsmoses on your Glossy Ibis captures...great set!

Thank you..they sure made my day..

delraypiper Loc: Delray Beach, FL

Sorry, what you have here is a white faced ibis. Plegadia chihi. The glossy ibis is pretty much confined to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The white ibis has the white rim around his face, the glossy ibis does not.

Great shots though.

John D

dvan7117 Loc: Colorado

This bird is a White-Faced Ibis, not a Glossy Ibis. Note the white border surrounding the eye and at the base of the bill. Also the White-Faced Ibis has bright red legs whereas the Glossy's legs are darker.

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

delraypiper wrote:

Sorry, what you have here is a white faced ibis. Plegadia chihi. The glossy ibis is pretty much confined to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The white ibis has the white rim around his face, the glossy ibis does not.

Great shots though.

John D

Thanks John for the clarification.

Mrsmoses Loc: Oregon

dvan7117 wrote:

This bird is a White-Faced Ibis, not a Glossy Ibis. Note the white border surrounding the eye and at the base of the bill. Also the White-Faced Ibis has bright red legs whereas the Glossy's legs are darker.

Thanks dvan..