Details: about 1:30pm Ann was driving the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma NWR, and I was in the back seat to be able to see out the left window better. When we were abour halfway along the Shorebird Flats impoundment (about here: 42.99, -76.735), which is the pond on the left after the Seneca Spillway and before the road turns left, we saw a large all-dark bird flying south toward us over the pool, but close to the road and only a few yards high. It had a long slender extended neck, an extremely long down-curved bill, tapered wings, and long trailing legs: a Plegadis ibis. It made a U-turn at the south end of the small impoundment, and we implored it to land so we could get a better look. It obligingly alit along the far edge of the pool opposite us. Using my scope I could see the narrow pale blue strips of bare skin above and below the lores, which is diagnostic for Glossy Ibis. The eye, lores, and bill were dark, as was the area directly behind the eye. The neck, back, and breast were a rich reddish chestnut, contrasting with the dark iridescent-green wings. This coloration is very different than the iridescent golden hues of the White-faced Ibis we saw last year. We watched it a few minutes, and Ann sent out a text rare bird alert, then we moved on while it remained. Sorry about the delay before she posted it to Cayugabirds-L.
--Dave Nutter On Apr 24, 2014, at 03:29 PM, Ann Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave Nutter and I were at Shorebird Flats past the main pool at Montezuma. It > flew in front of us and landed across from us. We had great looks at it. > Beautiful bird!! > Ann > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) > [email protected]/maillist.html'>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
