{"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. 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