While looking for Avocet or Black-Necked Stilt chicks at Bear River, I remarked that I had never seen a White-Faced Ibis chick and wondered why. After reading on the refuge’s site that “ the Refuge now hosts the largest colony of White-faced ibis in North America.” I’m even more amazed that I’ve never seen a chick — or even a juvenile, for that matter.
For now, at least, I guess I will have to settle for glimpses of a remarkable bird
whose iridescent colors are a constant challenge
and a constant joy to photograph.
Judging from the few images I found on the net, the chicks are nearly as ugly as their parents are beautiful, and, as every birder knows, ugly is beautiful.
Boy that is one stunning bird. We are planning to get out to the sloughs, near and far to see what we can see this weekend.
Guy