Per Andrew's request, here's a positive report on the Captree WHITE-FACED IBIS.
I arrived at the first pullout on Captree Island Road just after 5:30pm and quickly spotted the ibis feeding by itself in one of the closer pools east of the main channel. It put on a nice show for the next 15-20 minutes before slipping away unseen, probably while I was distracted by 3 Little Blue Herons feeding fairly close together. I saw ~30 Glossy Ibis scattered across the marsh, the largest concentration (12 birds) ~100 yards out from the road. There was a nice mix of an additional 4 wading bird species present, including 2 each of both night-heron species and good numbers of both white egrets. Other notables included 1 Black Skimmer and 4 Oystercatchers. Strangely, despite the high tide, I didn't see or even hear any Clapper Rails. After finding the White-faced Ibis so quickly I considered going over to Robert Moses to do some seawatching myself. But I'd just done so Saturday (with only modest results) and got so wrapped up by the activity on the marsh that it was 7:00 before I knew it, so I called it a day. Looks like I blew that call. Photos of the ibis here: https://flic.kr/p/vkSJo2 John Gluth Suffolk County Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
