{"id":99158,"date":"2022-01-22T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=99158"},"modified":"2024-01-09T04:07:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:07:06","slug":"white-faced-ibis-resting-on-a-frozen-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/01\/22\/white-faced-ibis-resting-on-a-frozen-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis Resting On A Frozen Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis resting on a frozen marsh \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On my last trip to Farmington Bay WMA earlier this month I found a small flock of overwintering White-faced Ibis that were too far away to photograph. I’ve written often about how tough Great Blue and Black-crowned Night Herons are because they stick it out through our bitter cold winters in northern Utah but not much about White-faced Ibis that do the same thing.<\/p>\n

Most of the White-faced Ibis that breed here in northern Utah do migrate to warmer climates for the winter yet there are small flocks that tough it out in the marshes even during the coldest and snowiest months of the year. I have seen overwintering White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR during the years that I have been living in Utah though I find them most often at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n

I photographed this overwintering White-faced Ibis on the frozen marsh at Farmington Bay in January of 2019 early one morning. The overwintering ibis can usually be found during the winter where there is open water but they also forage for food in the thick stands of phragmites and cattails.<\/p>\n

With their long decurved bills, iridescent body feathers, red eyes, and long legs identifying these ibis in the marshes is fairly easy even for novice birders.<\/p>\n

As abundant as White-faced Ibis<\/span><\/a> are in the marshes here in northern Utah during their breeding season I don’t have nearly the number of images of them in my photo galleries or in my archives that I would like to have. I truly want and need to change that.<\/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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On my last trip to Farmington Bay WMA earlier this month I found a small flock of overwintering White-faced Ibis that were too far away to photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99156,"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":[4004,12716,5025,3983,6926,3721,5148,4064,7845,12717,4094,4246,6946,1373,4756,4156,313,4095,4340,373],"class_list":["post-99158","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-decurved-bills","tag-feathers","tag-frost","tag-frozen","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-ice","tag-iridescent","tag-long-legs","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-overwintering","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-red-eyes","tag-resting","tag-wading-birds","tag-wetlands","tag-white-faced-ibis","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/white-faced-ibis-frozen-marsh-mia-mcpherson-7965.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-pNk","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":99158,"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":119572,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/08\/white-faced-ibis-do-overwinter-at-bear-river-mbr\/","url_meta":{"origin":99158,"position":1},"title":"White-faced Ibis Do Overwinter At Bear River MBR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"On New Year's Day, I photographed two small flocks of White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR. 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