This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01BE9A0C.4A2E83C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, =20 I observed the White-Faced Ibis from 4:30 PM until 5:40 PM at the = first pond on the left after exiting the woods on Truitts Landing Road.( = Refer to earlier posts or e-mail me for directions) The bird was = feeding with 8 Glossy Ibis at a distance of between 10 and 45 feet from = the road.Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me, but I was able to = make some sketches.The bird was easily distinguished from the Glossys by = the red facial skin outlined with white feathers. Also the bill was a = slightly different color, a lighter more silvery-gray than the glossys = bluish-gray. As to size it was slightly smaller than the Glossys, but = probably not enough of a difference to separate them at a distance. The = bird allowed me to drive to within 30 feet with out flushing and still = didn't fly off when I drove down to the end of the road to hunt for the = Sedge Wrens ( which I did not find). It was still present when I had to = leave for a previous commitment. After leaving I proceeded north on Cherrix Road and then right onto = Bayside Road where there are two freshly plowed fields on both sides of = the road about a quarter of a mile down.In these fields were = approximately 1000 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 12 DUNLIN, 14 SEMIPALM PLOVER, = 6 RUDDY TURNSTONES. and=20 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Needless to say I was late getting back. Good Birding, Allen Deward ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01BE9A0C.4A2E83C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">