The reference to Jay’s 12:23 PM email is forwarded below. Jay refers to a single juvenile on the south shore, (presumably White-faced but???) before he left, the one that I spotted and referred to in my 4:40 email today. And the one Janet photographed. During my time checking out that bird there were no other ibis on the south shore but that one. The one in Janet’s photo. When the bird flew west than north I left the group, then they drove to NW end of the Reservoir. The two white-faced ibis that I put on eBird list were a long ways away to make a positive judgement so I called them white-faces. You are correct, I did make a incorrect judgement and [assumed] the first bird I saw and the one in Janet’s was a glossy. I’m still not convinced by looking at Sibley, one way or another.Thanks for your perspective, it made me dig alot deeper. And it really is appreciated.
BOB
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On Monday, July 9, 2018, 12:23 PM, Jay Carlisle
Not sure of the current status but before Heidi & I left, the Glossy flew with 4 adult White-faced to the N edge of the reservoir – presumably joining 4 other ibis we’d seen over there from a different angle. There was a single juvenile ibis (presumably White-faced but ???) that stayed behind on the S shore – of course, that was 2+ hours ago and birds can fly so they’ve likely traded places a few times since then 🙂
Jay
On Monday, July 9, 2018, 10:24:25 AM MDT, Bob Perata
Glossy Ibis is still out there by itself. Am parked st the overflow where the cut is on the large berm. On the road that goes all around to the east end.
Bob,Boise, Idaho
On Jul 9, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]
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Adult present right now – preening/roosting with 5 WFIB below eastern edge of dam (~250 yards W of bathroom). Here’s a picture of Heidi’s camera screen:
Face looks right for a pure Glossy plus other pics show leg color (pink joints on gray legs).
Jay
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