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It was exciting to see a family of three of these threatened birds feeding in the adjacent farmland to the national park, where we stayed. Photos like these are valuable because it shows that the trees here are used by the birds, and therefore must be conserved. They are one of very few, if not the only tree the Glossy's feed on, and the tiny seeds mean that the Cockatoos have to stay in one clump of trees that they know to have adequate seed supply. So if this single clump is lopped, then the Glossy's have to fly distances that the seed simply don't give them the energy for, often leading to their death. It's tragic to see how easily we've threatened them.
Glossy Ibis foraging in a shallow pond.
Chestnut Grove Natural Area,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Digi-video
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The long staying Glossy Ibis at RSPB Ham wall in Somerset was showing extremely well in front of Tor hide. If only it had the sun in the opposite direction......
This Glossy Ibis was at Headquarters Pond at St Mark's 7 Jan 2012. I love the iridescent bronze coloring of the wings when it fluffed them up.
Glossy Ibis flock at Billingsley Marsh, P.G. Co., Md on April 27, 2020. One was possibly a WFIB, but video is terrible quality due to hand held and birds were very. distant. Screen grabs of bird at 2:06 look pretty good (see adjacent images); any comments on are welcome!
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Circle B Bar, Florida
30th. March 2012
Distribution: avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D45...
avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D45...
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Another long-billed male, the bill being unscored and with perhaps a brownish tinge to the distal half, but bluer on the proximal half. More unworn silvery blue lower scapulars than Glossy #1.