VA-Birders,
I received a phone call from Larry Cartwright this morning telling me
that Ed Eder had seen possible White-faced Ibises at Huntley Meadows.
I have never seen a White-faced Ibis and so I am reluctant to say for
certain that the ibises I photographed there about midday today are,
in fact, White-faced. I saw three birds, one seemed to be a Glossy
with a pencil-thin whitish line around the facial skin. It didn't
extend across the top of the dark, not red, eye. The other two appear
to be White-faced. They had a much wider white margin completely
around the facial skin, a red iris, and the skin between the eye and
the base of the bill was reddish. The legs did not appear bright red
to me, but a deeper reddish-purple. This may have been due to the
lighting conditions.
I hope they stay around for awhile giving many of you a chance to see
them. There was a lot of glare on the glossy feathers and mid-day is
not the best time to photograph these birds. If they are around
tomorrow morning, the light may be better. My photos are at http://
upload.pbase.com/edit_gallery/paulasullivan/white_faced_ibis
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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