{"id":60447,"date":"2019-09-24T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=60447"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:33:34","slug":"white-faced-ibis-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/24\/white-faced-ibis-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis On The Wing Over The Marsh At Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis on the wing – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I took this White-faced Ibis on the wing over the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA photo last week and at first I thought the bird was too small in the frame but the more I look at it the more I like it.<\/p>\n

I like seeing the playa in the background, the warm tones of phrags behind the bird and the early morning light on the ibis itself but most of all I like how the photo connects the White-faced Ibis in flight to the habitat I see them in here in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

As numerous as this species is here in Utah White-faced Ibis populations as a whole are in decline because of loss of habitat.<\/p>\n

A large number of our White-faced Ibis will be migrating to warmer climates soon but I wouldn’t be surprised to see this species in small numbers as late as December or even in January.<\/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":"

I took this White-faced Ibis on the wing over the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA photo last week and at first I thought the bird was too small in the frame but the more I look at it the more I like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152163,"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":[27,1022,697,26,1372],"tags":[4004,4052,4122,3721,5148,7875,4094,4246,6384,6973,1373,2315,4095,4340],"class_list":["post-60447","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-flight","tag-flying","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-loss-of-habitat","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-on-the-wing","tag-playa","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-summer-3","tag-wetlands","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/white-faced-ibis-on-the-wing-mia-mcpherson-5068.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-fIX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55856,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/01\/29\/white-faced-ibis-overwintering-in-the-marshes-of-farmington-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":60447,"position":0},"title":"White-faced Ibis Overwintering In The Marshes Of Farmington Bay","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When the clouds cleared out yesterday morning there were birds to be found and today I am focusing my daily post on the White-faced Ibis that overwinter in the marshes of Farmington Bay WMA that I photographed there yesterday.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White-faced Ibis landing in icy water, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-faced-ibis-winter-landing-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-faced-ibis-winter-landing-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-faced-ibis-winter-landing-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-faced-ibis-winter-landing-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56215,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/18\/birds-on-the-wing-at-farmington-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":60447,"position":1},"title":"Birds On The Wing At Farmington Bay","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Even though my primary focus was on photographing Bald Eagles I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to take photos of the other birds I saw on the wing at Farmington Bay that morning.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trio of Northern Shovelers in flight, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/northern-shovelers-flight-marsh-mia-mcpherson-4263.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/northern-shovelers-flight-marsh-mia-mcpherson-4263.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/northern-shovelers-flight-marsh-mia-mcpherson-4263.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/northern-shovelers-flight-marsh-mia-mcpherson-4263.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4669,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/22\/white-faced-ibis-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":60447,"position":2},"title":"White-faced Ibis in flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"White-faced Ibises (Plegadis chihi) breed and nest in the freshwater marshes around the Great Salt Lake. 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