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On my last trip to Bear River MBR, I was able to take images of this White-faced Ibis preening, leaning, and walking in the wetlands next to the auto tour loop.<\/p>\n

\"PreeningPreening White-faced Ibis in fall \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the White-faced Ibis that spent their breeding season here in northern Utah have already migrated. We do have some of these ibis that linger here and I found two of them that day. One ibis was sleeping, while this one was preening when I drove up.<\/p>\n

\"PreeningPreening White-faced Ibis in fall with inset \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to share a close-up of the bill of this ibis, which was visible behind one of the bird’s feathers. Until the day I took these photos, I don’t think I had previously noticed how translucent the feathers of this ibis could be.<\/p>\n

\"LeaningLeaning White-faced Ibis preening \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I watched the ibis preening through my viewfinder. There were times I thought the bird had stretched its neck out so far that it might tip over and fall into the water. I laughed and kept photographing in case it did. It doesn’t take much to amuse me.<\/p>\n

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis walking in an autumn wetland \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The White-faced Ibis<\/span><\/a> didn’t topple over into the water. After the ibis had finished preening and leaning, it began to walk out into the open water. I liked this last photo for the reflection of the ibis, the pose of the bird, and the reflections of the vegetation on the other side of the pool of water.<\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed photographing this ibis.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

On my last trip to Bear River MBR, I was able to take images of this White-faced Ibis preening, leaning, and walking in the wetlands next to the auto tour loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117888,"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":[124,27,1148,26,1372],"tags":[970,4620,3721,5148,6821,4094,4246,1373,4019,313,4236,3996,4095,4340],"class_list":["post-117903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-leaning","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-preening-2","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\/2023\/11\/white-faced-ibis-fall-marsh-mia-mcpherson-6255.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-uFF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119572,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/08\/white-faced-ibis-do-overwinter-at-bear-river-mbr\/","url_meta":{"origin":117903,"position":0},"title":"White-faced Ibis Do Overwinter At Bear River MBR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"On New Year's Day, I photographed two small flocks of White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR. 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