FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Plegadis Ibis in Gibson County!

[mgreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yesterday evening I was standing out in my yard watching the Purple 
Martins feed when I noticed 7 large dark birds high above me flying due 
north.  I noticed that the were wading type birds and were not Great Blue 
Herons so I ran to my truck and grabbed my binoculars.  As I looked 
through my binoculars I immediately noticed that these birds were dark 
Plegadisibises.  I could see their completely dark plumage, extended necks, and 
long, decurved bills.  Due to the low light, distance, and brevity of the 
sighting I was unable to determine whether these were Glossy Ibis or 
White-faced Ibis. 
This was about a week earlier than the earliest Tennessee sighting for 
either of the these two species that I could find. The previous early 
record was of 10 Glossy Ibis at Reelfoot NWR on 15 April 1945.

Look up - you never know what could be flying over.  Two years ago I in 
the fall I had Wood Storks flying over my house.

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County


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