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Flight of the White Ibis

21 Sunday Aug 2022

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In the preceding post, a juvenile White Ibis was pestering its parent with its demands for food.

Parent White Ibis getting ready to fly away.
Juvenile yelling: “Bring me back lots of goodies!”
White Ibis in flight.

At another nest a juvenile launched itself into the air.

Juvenile White Ibis launching out of nest.
White Ibis adult preparing to land.
“I’ll show you how to fly!”
“Watch me!”

White Ibis Feeding Time

18 Thursday Aug 2022

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Today I went to the rookery at Ocean City Welcome Center. Dispersed among the trees were hundreds of egrets, ibises, night herons, and other shore birds. It was a photographer’s paradise as one could look in almost any direction and click away.

An adult White Ibis landed on top of a tree.

A young ibis immediately jumped next to it.
The young one begged for food.
And it begged …
The adult ibis allowed the juvenile to feed from its throat.
In no time all the food was gone.
“I am still starving!”
The adult Ibis wanted to fly away.
The juvenile tried to restrain it by draping a wing over the adult’s back.
“If you want more food, you have to let me go!”

Finally, the parent was able to fly away to look for more food. White Ibises eat insects and crustaceans that they find in the mud.

Lens-Artists Challenge #205 – The Eyes Have it

30 Thursday Jun 2022

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This post is my response to Tina’s challenge at Lens-Artists Challenge #205 – The Eyes Have it. I almost never photograph humans, so my entries will consist of pictures of birds that I encounter in a rookery, a wildlife refuge, or in our backyard.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron shielding her eggs from the hot sun. You can see part on an eye behind her right wing.
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron just waking up grumpy.
White Ibis after returning from a fishing trip.
Bluejay drinking from the birdbath in our backyard.
White Ibis preening.
Eastern Bluebird on top of Southern Magnolia tree.
Eastern Bluebird staring at photographer.
Great Egret landing on a branch.
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at feeder.
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at feeder.

Weekend Variety

14 Saturday May 2022

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I have been saving photos of birds over the past several weeks, waiting for an opportunity to post them. Here are most of them, in no particular order.

Black-crowned Night Heron in deep sleep.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron slowly waking up.
Bald Eagle shielding Eaglet from a strong wind. Ten days ago there were two Eaglets in the nest, but only one is visible now.
Canada Geese goose-stepping practice.
Great Egret landing.
White Ibis landing with twigs to build its nest.
Forster’s Tern looking for fish.
Purple Martin.
Snowy Egret.

2021 Images in Review – Part 2

28 Tuesday Dec 2021

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2021 was the year of the 17-year Brood X cicadas. Tens of thousands of their shells littered our yard and their singing during the day was incessant, lasting from early morning well into sunset.

Cicada molting and emerging from its shell.
East Point Lighthouse on the Delaware Bay, with sand berms to prevent erosion.
Great Egret taking off.
Boat-tailed Grackle.

Some of my most satisfying photo captures are the following of a superb flyer, a White Ibis near its rookery in Ocean City, NJ.

White Ibis.
White Ibis preparing to dive.
White Ibis diving.

Rookery at Ocean City Welcome Center Part 2

20 Sunday Jun 2021

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With bright sunshine, white clouds on blue sky, bearable temperatures, and a cool breeze from time to time, it was a perfect day for photography. There were already about a dozen photographers with their massive long lenses pointed at various points of the rookery.

Except for the sleepy night herons, the birds were very active, flying in and out of the trees every minute or so. I ended up taking many more pictures of birds in flight than I had planned.

Great Egret.
Great Egret.
Little Blue Heron, the first time I have seen one. In the background is the smokestack of a now-decommissioned power plant, the B.L. England Generating Station, also called Beesley’s Point Generating Station.
Glossy Ibis.
White Ibis.
White Ibis.
Juvenile Little Blue Heron.
White Ibis.