Salutations: While engaged in trail clearing efforts on the southend of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR), I noticed a small flock of Ibis’ dropping in and decided to fetch my bins for a look as one looked “sus.”
Sure enough, the suspect turned out to be a White-faced Ibis (WFIB). Thankfully, I had exercised due diligence by having my Spotting Scope get up with me so I was able to grab a few digiscope shots which I just tweeted out here: https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1404147190386331649?s=21 If you do try for the WFIB, please note that the Ibis flock tend to be very skittish and will bolt if you are not quiet. I shaped out a bit of a blind in the Phragmites on the Southend corner that gives one a nice, somewhat camouflaged look into the area the Ibis flock tends to frequent. There is still some work left on the Southend but for the most part, it is finished. Next week, I will begin trail clearing on the Northend and hopefully get NPS involved. Cheers, -------- “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
