American White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
The American White Ibis is a bird of the tropics. We find them north to the deep south in the USA, the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the Caribbean and northwest coasts of South America. They forage on small aquatic prey and find their food more by feel than by sight.
Some authorities believe these birds are the same species as the Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber). Where their ranges overlap, they will interbreed. Studies show that concentrations of methylmercury from pollution (untreated effluent) have caused a drop in the reproduction of Ibis.
These birds are seldom idle. Studies show that on an average day they forage for ten and a half hours, fly for 45 minutes, and split 13 hours between nesting, preening, and roosting. Early ornithologists believed the brown juvenile ibis were of a separate species, and called them the Brown Curlew.
Though not all authorities agree, many recognise two subspecies of American White Ibis:
- E. a. albus is the white form of this species that live north of Panama.
- E. a. ruber or Scarlet Ibis lives in South America.
To date, all my encounters with White Ibis have been on the gulf coast of Texas. I have found them from Lower Rio Grande Valley to High Island on to Bolivar Peninsula northeast of Galveston. My introduction to this species came during my first trip to Aransas NWR. An early morning formation flew in low just overhead while I was searching for Whooping Cranes. The Ibis flock made a nice consolation prize for the cranes that remained too distant for a satisfying visit.
50 Photos
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 8:54 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D500499-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 8:56 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D500552-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:21 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 320 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D500993-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: This flock of White Ibis put a smile on my face when they flew overhead and dropped into the marsh beyond my view. My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 9:20 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D501603-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: This flock of White Ibis put a smile on my face when they flew overhead and dropped into the marsh beyond my view. My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 9:20 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 360 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D501606-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: This flock of White Ibis put a smile on my face when they flew overhead and dropped into the marsh beyond my view. My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 9:20 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 360 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D501618-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Osprey Overlook at Laguna Atascosa provided meetings with birds like this ibis. Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge on the South Texas Coast. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:20 13:18 |
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Location:
Laguna Atscosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/6400 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D506312-LagunaAtascosa |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:21 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 440 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: WhiteIbis-Juvenile_D500970-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:28 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: WhiteIbis-Juvenile_D501127-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:30 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 440 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WhiteIbis-Juvenile_D501195-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Many of the White Ibis I met in south Texas were blotchy white and brown birds, like this one. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 9:08 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/6400 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D509765-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I met several White-Faced and White Ibis on my tour of the pond. I broke camp at High Island early Monday and set a course for nearby Anahuac National Wildlife Reserve. There are several roads to explore there, but I chose the loop around Shoveler Pond. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:08 9:55 |
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Location:
Anahuac NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X0708-Anahuac_NWR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: This White Ibis sailed over us while we were working on one of the low nesting islands on the bay. On Wednesday (2021-03-03) I drove from Aransas NWR to Galveston. I pulled off the freeway at Tiki Island, where it was my good fortune to meet a Coast Warden for Texas Audubon, as he was loading his boat onto its trailer. He was generous enough to offer to take me with him on his rounds to monitor nesting islands in West Bay the next day. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:04 11:35 |
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Location:
West Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X8024-WestBay_Galveston-TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis could probe the mud more deeply than the other bird on this marsh, and seemed to be quite happy doing so. Hurricane Harvey, in 2017, hit Port Aransas (Texas) hard. The beginning stages of rebuilding the Port Aransas Nature Center’s boardwalk began with a 1500' footpath, but there are plans to extend it to about three miles. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:28 11:22 |
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Location:
Port Aransas Nature Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X7004-PortAransas_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: I met several White-Faced and White Ibis on my tour of the pond. I broke camp at High Island early Monday and set a course for nearby Anahuac National Wildlife Reserve. There are several roads to explore there, but I chose the loop around Shoveler Pond. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:08 10:14 |
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Location:
Anahuac NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X0864-Anahuac_NWR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis were another species I met at the Nature Center I did not see well at the Convention Centre. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 13:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X1002SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: When first I sat down to shoot these ibis feeding in the shallows, they were too far for good shots. I remained still, and the flock moved closer. I finally got my chance to visit Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve this Sunday. I’ve wanted to explore there since my first trip to Texas in the Spring of 2020, but with the global pandemic, it was one of several locations that shut their doors to all visitors while I was here last spring. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:21 14:10 |
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Location:
Santa Ana NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4918-SantaAna-NWR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Some of the White Ibis I met were still foraging in family groups, teaching their brown juvenile offspring the ropes. My trip to South Padre Island this day started slowly, but picked up nicely before the day finished. The Convention Centre delivered wonderful birds, as it often will. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:16 11:14 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X2721-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Some of the White Ibis I met were still foraging in family groups, teaching their brown juvenile offspring the ropes. My trip to South Padre Island this day started slowly, but picked up nicely before the day finished. The Convention Centre delivered wonderful birds, as it often will. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:16 11:49 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X2764-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:57 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4366-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Occasionally a hard working ibis found a reward of a crayfish meal. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:59 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4402-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Some of the White Ibis I met were still foraging in family groups, teaching their brown juvenile offspring the ropes. My trip to South Padre Island this day started slowly, but picked up nicely before the day finished. The Convention Centre delivered wonderful birds, as it often will. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:16 14:56 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X3370-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:45 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4183-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 11:08 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4514-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 11:02 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4435-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 11:00 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4410-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:50 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4305-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:48 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4241-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:56 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4358-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: A group of juvenile White Ibis joined us at the Convention Centre. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:04 11:28 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X1048-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: Most of the White Ibis I met on the island were tawny juveniles. This breeding adult seemed out of place. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 11:23 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X2335_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 11:00 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4418-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: The White Ibis at the Wolfweed Wetland Marsh left the scene shortly after I snapped a few images, as did the rest of the marsh birds at San Bernard NWR a few minutes later. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:18 13:57 |
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Location:
Bobcat Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_8504729-SanBernard.NWR_.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibis were just one of the wading species attending the SPI Birding and Nature Center. This one caught a crab snack. My first day on South Padre Island was as much about catching up with friends in south Texas as it was about visiting with its birds. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:01 12:03 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_8506766-SPI.NatureCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 9:50 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis_8509280-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 9:21 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis-Juv_8509262-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibises haunt south Texas all year, so finding them on South Padre Island is no surprise. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:12 10:42 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis_8502277-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibises haunt south Texas all year, so finding them on South Padre Island is no surprise. Today I got to watch them capture large earthworms. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 13:54 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis_8503194-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:55 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4351-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 12:27 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4659-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Occasionally a hard working ibis found a reward of a crayfish meal. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:59 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4384-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 10:58 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4374-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:21 11:06 |
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Location:
Resaca de la Palma |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4489-ResacaDeLaPalma |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis could probe the mud more deeply than the other bird here and seemed to be quite happy doing so. Hurricane Harvey, in 2017, hit Port Aransas (Texas) hard. The beginning stages of rebuilding the Port Aransas Nature Center’s boardwalk began with a 1500' footpath, but there are plans to extend it to about three miles. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:28 11:23 |
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Location:
Port Aransas Nature Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X7017-PortAransas_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis could probe the mud more deeply than the other bird here and seemed to be quite happy doing so. Hurricane Harvey, in 2017, hit Port Aransas (Texas) hard. The beginning stages of rebuilding the Port Aransas Nature Center’s boardwalk began with a 1500' footpath, but there are plans to extend it to about three miles. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:28 8:34 |
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Location:
Port Aransas Nature Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X6630-PortAransas_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: When first I sat down to shoot these ibis feeding in the shallows, they were too far for good shots. I remained still, and the flock moved closer. I finally got my chance to visit Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve this Sunday. I’ve wanted to explore there since my first trip to Texas in the Spring of 2020, but with the global pandemic, it was one of several locations that shut their doors to all visitors while I was here last spring. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:21 13:40 |
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Location:
Santa Ana NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X4509-SantaAna-NWR |
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American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: White Ibis were another species I met at the Nature Center I did not see well at the Convention Centre. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 11:38 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: WhiteIbis_D5X0492SouthPadre-WBC |
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American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: American White Ibis seem omnipresent on the Texas Gulf Coast. South Padre Island is no exception. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:17 14:42 |
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Location:
South Padre Island |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/26000 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis_Z9X7412_SPI-BirdingNatureCenter |
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American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: When American White Ibis are too young to breed (i.e. immature), they are chocolate colored, until their white plumage starts coming in as blotches. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:20 11:44 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Birding and N |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/26000 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis-Immature_Z9X9227_SPI-BNC |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American White Ibis(Eudocimus albus) |
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Description: When American White Ibis are too young to breed (i.e. immature), they are chocolate colored, until their white plumage starts coming in as blotches. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:20 11:45 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Birding and N |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/16000 |
File Name: AmericanWhiteIbis-Immature_Z9X9257_SPI-BNC |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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