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In past years, he said, the ibises would either “just utilize this for a roosting siteand wouldn’t nest because of the lack of water, or they nested but were unsuccessful in fledging out their young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
American coots, herons, ibises and blackbirds are flocking to flooded farmland and roads, said Miguel Jimenez, who oversees the Kern National Wildlife Refuge, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Calabro and I talked a little bit about local wildlife: the striped bass, the oystercatchers, the glossy ibises that nest somewhere near the marsh islands around the North Channel Bridge near JFK Airport.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2022
Outliers included big albatrosses and tiny hummingbirds, and ibises with their long, curved beaks.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2022
Matt was startled to see the lotus pond and a pair of ibises lazily stretching their wings.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
