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Glossy Ibis at Schoolhouse Pond

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Fred Shaffer

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Fred Shaffer

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Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:33:33 -0400

The highlight of my lunchtime walk around Schoolhouse Pond was a Glossy Ibis.  The bird flew in as I walked to the rear observation platform.  I then got great views of it foraging on the mudflats and in the shallow water.  I watched it for five or ten minutes and also got some semi-close photos.  As I continued my walk and was on the boardwalk near the residential townhouses, the ibis flew over the mudflats and landed closer to the area where I now was.  It was still foraging on the mudflats when I left, really a beautiful bird in the mid-day light.  I went back and check my records and I had previously seen Glossy Ibis at Schoolhouse Pond on April 13, 2000 and April 20, 2004.

Fred Shaffer
Crofton, Anne Arundel


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