Glossy Ibis

[Dickson Smith]

Dickson Smith <dickson...@gmail.com>	4:32 PM (4 hours ago)
to utah.birders

I have been determined to try and locate a Glossy Ibis here in Utah and on my trip around the Bear River MBR auto tour loop today I was so blessed. I kept checking out all the Ibis I could find and finally noticed one that looked a little different from the 4 white-faced ibis it was with. So on closer inspection much to my joy I was able to determine that it was a Glossy Ibis. The harder part was trying to get a decent photo of it as the White Faced kept chasing it back in among the phragmites. It finally came out and I was able to get some passing photos to verify it was definitely a Glossy Ibis. Also believe I saw a 1st year Great White Egret. I was able to view it through my spotting scope and it looked like a Great Egret, which there was one with it, but this one had a mandabile that was yellowish/orange on the lower and greenish/gray on the top manabile. Characteristic of a 1st year Great White Heron. I wasn't able to see its legs as it was standing behind a pelican that was resting on the ground. When I reached into my Jeep to get my camera to try and photograph it, well yep, it took off and flew out of sight.

Bird Refuge Road, Corinne, Utah, US (41.473, -112.162)
Apr 14, 2022
8:12 AM
Traveling
11.69 miles
54 minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Note possible Great Blue Heron, (white morph) observed. See note on Great Blue heron.

6 Canada Goose 
15 Northern Shoveler 
7 Gadwall 
30 American Wigeon 
10 Mallard 
2 Green-winged Teal 
3 Common Goldeneye 
1 Ring-necked Pheasant 
17 American Coot 
2 American Avocet 
1 Killdeer 
2 Long-billed Curlew 
18 California Gull 
1 Great Blue Heron -- White morph, (Great White Heron) Bill was same as Great Blue Heron in color, lower was yellow upper was more greenish/gray.
2 Great Egret 
1 Northern Harrier 
2 Swainson's Hawk 
1 Red-tailed Hawk 
2 Great Horned Owl - ON
1 Burrowing Owl 
1 Short-eared Owl 
3 American Kestrel 
6 Common Raven 
2 American Robin 
1 Vesper Sparrow 
4 Song Sparrow 
30 Yellow-headed Blackbird 
6 Western Meadowlark 
12 Red-winged Blackbird 

Thu, Apr 14 at 4:26 PM

Bear River MBR--Auto Tour Loop
Apr 14, 2022
9:07 AM
Traveling
12.29 miles
227 minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Partly cloudy at start becoming overcast. Steady southwest wind and 36 degrees.

35 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 
2 Tundra Swan 
75 Cinnamon Teal 
200 Northern Shoveler 
46 Gadwall 
20 Mallard 
10 Green-winged Teal 
100 Lesser Scaup 
10 Bufflehead 
6 Common Goldeneye 
25 Ruddy Duck 
2 Ring-necked Pheasant 
11 Pied-billed Grebe 
6 Eared Grebe 
26 Western Grebe 
9 Clark's Grebe 
2000 American Coot 
40 Black-necked Stilt 
21 American Avocet 
9 Long-billed Curlew 
24 Ring-billed Gull 
29 California Gull 
24 Double-crested Cormorant 
55 American White Pelican 
10 Great Blue Heron 
1 Great Egret 
14 Snowy Egret 
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 
1 Glossy Ibis -- Looked much like White-faced it was mixed in with, but thinner light blue line on face with a darker face, dark eye and grayer bill. Knees apperared more pinkish red than White-faced. Have photos.
300 White-faced Ibis 
6 Northern Harrier 
1 Peregrine Falcon -- Mature female
500 Tree Swallow 
7 Barn Swallow 
16 Cliff Swallow 
32 Marsh Wren 
30 House Sparrow 
1 Lark Sparrow -- Winter plumage. Strong head pattern, dark ear patch and malar streak, with white border on tail feathers.
3 Vesper Sparrow 
7 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 
15 Song Sparrow (montana/merrilli) 
300 Yellow-headed Blackbird 
6 Western Meadowlark

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Dickson Smith

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Dickson Smith