St. Mary's Ibis Chasers,
You may not need any more directions to the immature White Ibis's at Beauvue
Ponds because Jim Green and Jane Kostenko provided very specific
instructions but here is a bit more, anyway.
Follow Jane's directions.
"There's a hard curve at the beginning of Abell's Wharf Road. I parked, and
went up onto the berm overlooking the pond--across the pond is a very large
cream-colored house with a huge powerboat on a trailer in the yard."
The pond that you want to scope is the one in the back with a wood blind on
the right side. On the back side of this pond is what looks like a square
hay bale near the shore. The ibis's were in this area. When we first got
there we did not see them. I then drove to another vantage point and still
did not see them. I then drove back to the original location and saw one
immature White Ibis walk out from behind the hay bale like thing. The other
three quickly appeared.
Jim Green was really rewarded for taking the time to count the Canada Geese!
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD
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From: Jane Kostenko <>
Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] FOUR White Ibises at Beauvue Ponds in St. Mary's County
To:
Luckily, I ran into Kyle Rambo as I had just started scoping across
Beauvue Ponds for the reported White Ibis, because I was too far down the
road and wouldn't have ever seen anything over the tall grasses and trees.
Kyle had thought he had seen a White Ibis as he drove to me, but he wasn't
able to stay.
I went back to the area that Kyle had described, where there's a hard
curve at the beginning of Abell's Wharf Road. I parked, and went up onto the
berm overlooking the pond--across the pond is a very large cream-colored
house with a huge powerboat on a trailer in the yard. I then looked around
the yard on the pond side of that house were the Canada Geese Kyle had
mentioned. Four dark ibises were on the grassy slope with the geese and I
cursed, thinking I'd need to dig the White Ibis out. Wait a minute! All FOUR
of these dark ibises have white bellies and orangish bills! FOUR juvenile
White Ibises!
I spent from about 6:30 until 6:45, counting and re-counting them, as they
mixed and mingled on the grassy bank with the Canadas. Crazy! Thanks to all
for getting the word out about this great county bird and to Jim Green for
locating it in the first place!
Jane Kostenko
California, MD
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