{"id":23326,"date":"2015-05-09T06:28:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T12:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=23326"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:24:49","slug":"a-white-faced-ibis-in-breeding-plumage-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/09\/a-white-faced-ibis-in-breeding-plumage-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage at Red Rock Lakes NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedA White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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The first bird I photographed on my recent trip to Idaho and Montana was a White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage. This ibis was actively searching for food along the shoreline of the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Montana.<\/p>\n

The sun in the western horizon sure picked up the iridescent colors on the wings but what drew my eye is how the white feathers on its face stood out so well.<\/p>\n

It sure makes it easy to see where they got their common name.<\/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":"

The first bird I photographed on my recent trip to Idaho and Montana was a White-faced Ibis in full breeding plumage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[1513,27,223,12,608,1372],"tags":[4004,4053,1130,4136,3721,5148,2151,5178,615,1373,4188,5434,313,4236,3996,4340],"class_list":["post-23326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-adult","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-food","tag-foraging","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-iridescent-colors","tag-lake","tag-lower-lake","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-shoreline","tag-valley","tag-wading-birds","tag-walking","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