I was there with Dave Nutter, Melissa and Wade Rowley, and Kevin McGann. Wade and I walked up closer, but the bird was still far away. We thought it might be a 1st winter bird. It had no white around it’s eye which was not red. I was told it could still be a WFIB because the red eye wouldn’t necessarily be seeable. I hope someone else gets to see it and ID it. Better lighting would be helpful!! Ann
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 5, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > This afternoon, Laura Stenzler and Ton Schat directed attention to a dark > ibis they found north of Armitage Rd, west of rt 38 north of Monezuma. I was > birding nearby, and headed right over. I found the bird, but unfortunately > the rain started in earnest right then, and the lighting was poor. Also the > bird was very actively foraging in the far north end of the east-most section > of flooded farm fields and did not give good looks. > > > White-faced and Glossy ibis are about equally likely to occur here. The bird > looked like a non-breeding-plumaged adult, with no white on the face to help > with ID (broad white in White-faced, thin white stripes in Glossy). It was > way too far away, and the light was way too dim for me to be able to see if > there was any red in the face or not. I could not tell which species it was. > > > Unless someone else gets better looks or better photos, I have to put it down > as "Plegadis sp." or "Glossy/White-faced Ibis." > > > Kevin > > Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. > Project Manager > Distance Learning in Bird Biology > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > k...@cornell.edu > 607-254-2452 > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
