I did not see the Nicollet Cty. Swan Lake CR 4 north boat access Glossy Ibis today when I arrived about 11:30 am, but at 12:30 on the South side of Swan Lake at the Nicollet Bay public boat access (471st Ln?), there were 6 Ibis feeding around an island in the channel about 100 yards looking north from the boat dock. Five were White-faced, with distinct white borders surrounding a pinkish face, but the 6th Ibis had a very thin whitish-bluish border around a dark grayish face. The iris on this bird also appeared darker. The legs were all basically submerged. They all flew off to the west when a canoeist paddled by. (Of course, now a little later when I get home, I read the north Glossy has returned---could these be the same bird?) Pete Hoeger, Hutchinson ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
