{"id":108361,"date":"2022-11-29T03:59:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T10:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108361"},"modified":"2022-11-29T06:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:19:58","slug":"white-faced-ibis-foraging-in-a-wetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/29\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-in-a-wetland\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis Foraging In A Wetland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although much of the water there had iced over, I was tickled to find this White-faced Ibis foraging in the wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA last week.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult White-faced Ibis foraging in wetlands \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the White-faced Ibis migrated to their wintering grounds weeks ago. A few hardy individuals always seem to stick around for the winter in the marshes of Farmington Bay WMA. This ibis was by itself when I photographed it walking in the open water near the marshy vegetation. I liked the wider angle view I had of this ibis.<\/p>\n

It may be difficult to see in this web-sized image but there was a thin skin of ice on the water close to the shore. The ripples in the reflections are less noticeable where the ice had formed overnight.<\/p>\n

I didn’t hang around this spot long because two hunters who parked slightly south of me seemed anxious to walk onto a dike near where I was photographing this bird. It was nice of them to not flush the ibis I was focusing on.<\/p>\n

Later in the morning in about this general area I saw a small flock of about ten White-faced Ibis<\/span><\/a>. I didn’t stop and photograph this ibis because they were nearly hidden in tall grasses. This winter I would love to take photos of this species in a really snowy setting.<\/p>\n

Speaking of snow… it snowed yesterday and overnight so this morning it looks like a winter wonderland outside of my living room window. It is supposed to be cloudy until later afternoon but I have a feeling I’ll be going out sometime this morning to enjoy the snow. After I scrape the white stuff off of my Jeep I may just have to see what birds I can find close to home.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my White-faced Ibis photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although much of the water there had iced over, I was tickled to find this White-faced Ibis foraging in the wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,26,1372],"tags":[4004,970,4620,4136,3721,5148,4094,1373,6917,313,4236,3996,4095,4340],"class_list":["post-108361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-foraging","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-marsh","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-vegetation","tag-wading-birds","tag-walking","tag-water","tag-wetlands","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-mia-mcpherson-4860.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-sbL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106919,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/10\/06\/fall-immature-white-faced-ibis\/","url_meta":{"origin":108361,"position":0},"title":"Fall Immature White-faced Ibis","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn't anticipate seeing many birds when I arrived in Farmington Bay early yesterday morning. 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