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Re: WHITE-FACED IBIS-South Point, Worcester

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"Hoffman, Mark"

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Hoffman, Mark

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Sat, 20 May 2006 16:56:47 -0400

I looked for the bird for another hour or so after the initial sighting but couldn't relocate it so I left to do some more atlasing.  I came back at 4 pm and Norm and Fran Saunders were at the location and had the bird.  I'm sitting here at 4:56 pm and it's by a pond on the right side of the road with 7 glossies. Most of the ibis have left.  The white-faced I am now watching has a distinct limp and is favoring its right leg.  The white surround seems a little less distint and the head feathers a bit more ragged.  I did not notice the limp this am, so there is a possiblity there are two white-faced .  More analysis of the photos might help.

Mark Hoffman

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From: 	Hoffman, Mark
Sent:	Sat May 20 14:29:33 2006
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Subject:	[MDOSPREY] WHITE-FACED IBIS-South Point, Worcester

I've just fornd (and photographed) an adult White-faced Ibis in the South Point area of Worcester County.  The bird is feeding with a loose group of 40 of so glossies on the lawns of the Indian Creek subdivision, which also has a bunch of ponds some of the birds are in. I was fortunate, as the flock with the white-faced was right by the side of the road and I was able to drift my car downhill to be almost on top of them.

From the intersection of South Point Road and Route 611 go south for several miles.  After road to OC golf on right, take next right  Newport Bay Drive.  Stay straight into Indian Creek estates.  It makes a couple bends, the area the white-face in was opposite lot 7. Bird flew, but bunch of ibis still in area.

Mark Hoffman
Wcbirding at adelphia.net
Sykesville. MD