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Adult alternate Glossy Ibis, Cape May, NJ, 5/06. |
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Adult alternate Glossy Ibis, Weld County, Colorado, 4/05. Note the
dark eye, the bluish-gray facial skin, and the blue-tinged white facial
border above and below the facial skin but not behind the eye. |
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Same adult alternate Glossy Ibis as above, Weld County, Colorado,
4/05. |
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For comparison, the adult alternate Glossy Ibis (left) with an adult
alternate White-faced Ibis (right.) Weld County, Colorado, 4/05 |
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Close-up showing head details of adult alternate Glossy Ibis, Weld
County, Colorado, 4/05. |
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Adult alternate Glossy Ibis, Hutton Lakes, Wyoming, 7/05. Doug Faulkner
observed two Glossies feeding nestlings at separate parts of the marsh,
one paired with a White-faced and the other pairing unknown. This represents
the first time nesting Glossies have been found in a non-Gulf-Coast state
west of the Mississippi. |
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Adult alternate Glossy Ibis, Hutton Lakes, Wyoming, 7/05. |
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Adult alternate Glossy Ibis with a White-faced Ibis behind it, Hutton
Lakes, Wyoming, 7/05. |
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Adult hybrid Glossy x White-faced Ibis, Hutton Lakes, Wyoming, 7/05.
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Possible juvenile Glossy Ibis, Prewitt Reservoir, Washington County,
Colorado, 8/04. Note the dark iris, gray facial skin, and thin pale lines
on upper and lower facial skin borders, all which point to Glossy Ibis
genes. I'm not sure if a hybrid Glossy x White-faced Ibis can be ruled
out, though. |
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Another shot of the juvenile Glossy Ibis (or hybrid). The blue tinge
of the lower facial skin border can be seen in this shot. |
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Possible Glossy Ibis (right) with White-faced Ibis, Holbrook
Reservoir, Otero County, Colorado, 8/9/02. |
