{"id":42261,"date":"2016-09-28T05:25:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=42261"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:59:14","slug":"white-faced-ibis-foraging-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/28\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I spent some time yesterday morning at Farmington Bay WMA. It was my first time visiting there this year after they opened the gates past Goose Egg Island on September 15th.<\/p>\n

They say they close that area during the nesting season to prevent disturbances.<\/p>\n

Opening the gates means there is access to more areas to find and photograph birds and this time of the year with shorebirds migrating through there is always the hope of finding something unusual like the Ruff my friend Neil Paprocki spotted last week. I missed seeing it.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see any unusual shorebirds yesterday but I did photograph some of them in bad light. A few wading birds; on the other hand, did show up in nice light.<\/p>\n

There were Snowy Egrets, juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Blue Herons and this White-faced Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay to photograph.<\/p>\n

White-faced Ibis are migratory and I am not seeing them in the large numbers that I had earlier this year but I have also seen White-faced Ibis here as late as Christmas Day.<\/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":"

There were Snowy Egrets, juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Blue Herons and this White-faced-Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay to photograph. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[4004,970,4620,4136,3721,5148,4094,4246,1373,313,4095,4340],"class_list":["post-42261","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-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-wading-birds","tag-wetlands","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-faced-ibis-farmington-bay-mia-mcpherson-5167.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-aZD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108361,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/29\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-in-a-wetland\/","url_meta":{"origin":42261,"position":0},"title":"White-faced Ibis Foraging In A Wetland","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White-faced Ibis foraging in wetlands, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-mia-mcpherson-4860.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-mia-mcpherson-4860.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-mia-mcpherson-4860.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/white-faced-ibis-foraging-mia-mcpherson-4860.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106919,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/10\/06\/fall-immature-white-faced-ibis\/","url_meta":{"origin":42261,"position":1},"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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