This bird that I encountered, 5 minutes after passing Heidi and Jay on dirt road to Indian Creek Reservoir, I believe is the same bird that was described by jay in his email at 12:23 PM. It is also the bird that Janet photographed with the ‘salmon pink ring near the base of the bill’ in her eBird information. Great pic Janet. I scoped this same bird for almost 11/2 hours moving, walking and flying, back and forth on the south side and below the berm of the dam. During this time 4 other birders had arrived and about 11:15~ the bird flew to the north shore.

Bob Perata
Boise, ID

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> On Jul 10, 2018, at 1:13 PM, Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
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> Based on the reports (here, to Facebook, and via eBird), I get the sense there was some confusion about the age of the Glossy we found/reported. Heidi & I found an adult Glossy in breeding condition/plumage – we haven’t had time to upload our photos to eBird (will soon) but the picture I shared on IBLE & to Facebook yesterday show the reddish/purplish plumage, the gray legs with pink joints, and the narrow blueish facial skin above and below the eye.
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> Some reports from yesterday have suggested or clearly shown an immature bird – including the great photos in Janet’s eBird list here:
> ebird.org/view/checklist/S47097556 (I definitely don’t mean to pick on you Janet! Your photo just provides great food for thought) … but I must admit Heidi & I didn’t even try to identify the young bird 🙂 as that can be difficult & we were so focused on the adult Glossy. I welcome any insights into the identification of juvenile ibis – and whether or not the bird in Janet’s list can be definitively identified.
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> Thanks,
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> Jay
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