{"id":135190,"date":"2024-10-01T02:47:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=135190"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:35:27","slug":"my-first-white-faced-ibis-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/10\/01\/my-first-white-faced-ibis-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"My First White-faced Ibis Photos From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m delighted to be able to share my first White-faced Ibis photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma taken yesterday. I really like these birds.<\/p>\n

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis foraging at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Some people drive right past these ibis and basically ignore them. Not me. Nope. Not going to happen.<\/p>\n

When my dear friend and wildlife photographer Steve Creek<\/span><\/a> and I found these White-faced Ibis, we were both excited. There were about a dozen of these ibi (thanks to Ted Floyd, Editor of the ABA’s Birding Magazine<\/span><\/a> for the word ibi), and we got onto them as soon as the light was good.<\/p>\n

I stepped out of the pickup and stood in the road to take my photos of this ibis.<\/p>\n

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis with prey at Sequoyah NWR \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The White-faced Ibis were foraging in a duckweed-covered slough. I focused on the one closest to me, out in the open. I’m glad I did because this ibis caught something and tossed it into the air between her or his bill just as I took this image.<\/p>\n

\"CloseClose up of White-faced Ibis with prey \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe the prey was some kind of beetle. I had enough shutter speed for the bird, not the prey, so the prey came out a bit blurry.<\/p>\n

I’ve photographed these ibis in Utah and Montana, but these were my first images of this species in Oklahoma. White-faced Ibis don’t breed at the refuge, but they are arriving as they migrate through the state.<\/p>\n

Happy dance!!<\/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":"

I’m delighted to be able to share my first White-faced Ibis photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma taken yesterday. I really like these birds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,13973,13974,1372],"tags":[15799,970,14190,13984,4488,4620,4136,15800,3721,5148,1373,4106,13976,313,3996,4340],"class_list":["post-135190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-4-corners-slough","tag-autumn","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-duckweed","tag-fall","tag-foraging","tag-ibi","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-prey","tag-slough","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t