Yippee, a new bird!

[MN Shutterbug]

I took a short drive today and came across these odd looking birds by a slough. All I had with me was my video camera but as dark out as it was and the distance involved, A good photo would have been near impossible anyway. I was zoomed all the way out to 37x on my camcorder.

[monstermoose78]

great find!!

[MN Shutterbug]

great find!!

Thanks. It was exhilarating. When the sun reappears, hopefully Monday, I'll head back over there and try for better shots.

[jentz]

Thats agreat look see.Is there some kind of marsh in the area where you found them? Roosting on the warm road? I have to watch it more.I am lost utube say' white faced ibis.Is that accurate.It shows that after I watched the clip?

[MN Shutterbug]

It says White-faced Ibis at Black Rush Lake at the beggining of the clip. The so called lake is nothing more than a slough. When they flew off they went back into the rushes but they did appear to favor the road.

[Dbl]

That is a nice find, we are at the far eastern range of these guys. I have a number of shots of the purely white ibis from the Everglades that I shot a couple of years back but have never seen a white faced ibis on our end of the state.

[MN Shutterbug]

I went back yesterday and there were a couple other birders there so the word had got out. One birder came from 80 miles away to see them. There was a pure white Ibis spotted in MN last week in Roseau County.