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On Sunday while duck hunting on Spring Lake my husband had an ibis fly over/by him multiple times at fairly close range. Being from Missouri he described it as the size of a Little Blue Heron, similar in color with a down curved beak. When he consulted a field guide he said the closest bird was a breeding plumage Glossy Ibis. He's seen Ibis in the south and is a great duck i.d.'er and birds in general, so I don't doubt he saw some type of Ibis. He said that in order to see the bird you would need to be in a boat, and he was to the left and behind the island you see when looking straight out from the boat ramp. He thinks he saw the same bird on Thursday while duck hunting in the same area, but not as close by. Sorry it's a late report- he had minor surgery yesterday so it really didn't come up in conversation earlier. I also apologize that I can't give better id or location details. PS Duck season doesn't end until mid next week. Jen Vieth -------------------------------1132667425 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>On Sunday while duck hunting on Spring Lake my husband had an ibis fly=20 over/by him multiple times at fairly close range. Being from Missouri he=20 described it as the size of a Little Blue Heron, similar in color with a dow= n=20 curved beak. When he consulted a field guide he said the closest bird was a=20 breeding plumage Glossy Ibis. He's seen Ibis in the south and is a great duc= k=20 i.d.'er and birds in general, so I don't doubt he saw some type of Ibis. He=20= said=20 that in order to see the bird you would need to be in a boat, and he was to=20= the=20 left and behind the island you see when looking straight out from the boat r= amp.=20 He thinks he saw the same bird on Thursday while duck hunting in the same ar= ea,=20 but not as close by.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sorry it's a late report- he had minor surgery yesterday so it rea= lly=20 didn't come up in conversation earlier. I also apologize that I can't give=20 better id or location details. PS Duck season doesn't end until mid nex= t=20 week.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jen Vieth </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1132667425--
