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Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinelius

Photo by bjohnson
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Description:

A huge irridescent brown bird that stayed around the golf course on Chebeague Island for a couple of days.

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Glossy Ibis

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Comments (2)
bjohnson
Thank you, every year we would have one ibis stop by for a couple of days but didn't one this year. Love your spottings as well.
StevenSpragg
Amazing, i never even considered how widespread this bird really is. Good Spotting. :) Here is my photo of 3 Glossy Ibis from Australia http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7288786

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PublishedOctober 18, 2011

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