{"id":22902,"date":"2015-04-25T13:29:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=22902"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:00:08","slug":"glossy-ibis-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/glossy-ibis-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossy Ibis Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:2288px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" alt=\"Glassy Ibis Images\" title=\"Glossy Ibis at the Celery Fields\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-157272\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Glossy Ibis Images, Facts and Information:<\/h2>\n<p><i>Plegadis falcinellus<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glossy Ibises are medium-sized wading birds with long, down-curved bills, slender necks, dark bodies that shine with iridescent maroon, purple, bronze and green, long legs, and reddish eyes. In breeding plumage, they show a reddish-brown head, neck and body with glossy wings.<\/li>\n<li>Glossy Ibis are year round residents, short distance migrators and long distance migrators. Populations are resident in parts of the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Africa. Breeding populations occur along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, scattered wetlands in the interior U.S., and southern Europe. Northern breeders migrate south in winter to the southern U.S., Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, and South Asia.<\/li>\n<li>Glossy Ibises thrive in shallow wetlands including freshwater and brackish marshes, flooded fields, mudflats, swamps, lagoons, coastal estuaries, and mangrove edges.<\/li>\n<li>Glossy Ibises eat insects, small fish, frogs, crustaceans, snails, leeches and aquatic larvae.<\/li>\n<li>Glossy Ibises lay 3 to 4 eggs which hatch in 20 to 23 days. Both parents incubate and they are colonial nesters.<\/li>\n<li>A group of ibises can be called a \u201ccongregation\u201d, \u201cstand\u201d, \u201ccolony\u201d or \u201cwedge\u201d of ibises.<\/li>\n<li>The oldest known Glossy Ibis was 21 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you enjoy viewing my Glossy Ibis photos. <i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-feather fas circle-no fusion-text-flow\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-iconcolor-hover:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-margin-right:10px;\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 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class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Back to Birds\" aria-label=\"Back to Birds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/birds\/\"><i class=\"fa-camera fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Back to Birds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% 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fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-portfolio-wrapper#fusion-portfolio-1 .fusion-portfolio-content{ padding: 25px 25px 25px 25px; text-align: left; }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-recent-works fusion-portfolio-element fusion-portfolio fusion-portfolio-1 fusion-portfolio-grid fusion-portfolio-paging-infinite fusion-portfolio-four fusion-portfolio-boxed fusion-portfolio-text\" data-id=\"-rw-1\" data-columns=\"four\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-portfolio-1 .fusion-portfolio-wrapper .fusion-col-spacing{padding:6px;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-wrapper\" id=\"fusion-portfolio-1\" data-picturesize=\"auto\" data-pages=\"1\" style=\"margin:-6px;\"><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-22885\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post glossy-ibis-images fusion-col-spacing post-22885\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/glossy-ibis-at-the-celery-fields\/?portfolioCats=3619\" aria-label=\"Glossy Ibis at the Celery Fields\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis at the Celery Fields, Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glossy-ibis-florida-mia-mcpherson-5996.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/glossy-ibis-at-the-celery-fields\/?portfolioCats=3619\">Glossy Ibis at the Celery Fields<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/glossy-ibis-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glossy Ibis Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Glossy Ibis at the Celery Fields<\/p>\n<p>Location: Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 1\/14\/2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><div 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